n .
an overused saying or idea 지나치게 사용되는 말이나 생각, 진부한 표현

• The expression "You can't judge a book by it's cover" is a _____ ; it's been used so may times its freshness has been worn away.
• _____s are usually true. That's why they've been repeated often enough to become overused. But they are boring. A writer who uses a lot of _____s -- referring to a foreign country as "a land of contrasts," describing spring as "a time of renewal," saying that a snowfall is "a blanket of white" -- is not interesting to read, because there is nothing new about his observations.