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A banality or cliché

A supernatural story incorporating elements of myth and legend

A word or phrase, especially an idiomatic one, used to convey an idea

Something said to cause amusement or laughter

An account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting

Characterized by overuse to the point of being uninteresting

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Noun

A banality or cliché

hackneyed saying

overworked saying

triviality truism

hackneyed phrase

overworked phrase

motherhood statement

words of wisdom

pearls of wisdom

pearl of wisdom

threadbare phrase

vapid expression

idiomatic expression

recurrent image

signature phrase

a few words of wisdom

guiding principle

universal truth

popular expression

fixed expression

figure of speech

self-evident truth

intrinsic truth

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Noun

A supernatural story incorporating elements of myth and legend

traditional story

piece of fiction

science fiction

old wives' tale

false knowledge

superstitious belief

work of fiction

work of imagination

shaggy-dog story

creative writing

cock and bull story

traveller's tale

sword and sorcery

traditional wisdom

traditional stories

received wisdom

oral literature

traditional beliefs

old wives' tales

fictional account

adventure story

long and short of it

firsthand account

idealization^US

idealisation^UK

romantic fiction

romantic short story

sense of excitement

sense of history

romantic comedy

sense of adventure

sentimental fiction

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Noun

A word or phrase, especially an idiomatic one, used to convey an idea

choice of words

idiomatic expression

words of wisdom

pearls of wisdom

figure of speech

pearl of wisdom

way of speaking

popular expression

way of putting things

characterization

a few words of wisdom

signature phrase

fixed expression

mode of expression

sentence construction

hackneyed phrase

threadbare phrase

vapid expression

guiding principle

overworked saying

hackneyed saying

fifteen minutes of fame

photo opportunity

working principle

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Noun

Something said to cause amusement or laughter

double entendre

shaggy-dog story

black humour^UK

shaggy dog story

good-natured remark

sardonic remark

witty communication

acknowledgement^UK

good-humoured mockery

acknowledgment^US

snappy comeback

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Noun

An account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting

shaggy-dog story

firsthand account

long and short of it

work of fiction

work of imagination

creative writing

fictional account

traveller's tale

cock and bull story

characterization

front-page news

piece of fiction

the whole picture

potted biography

visualization^US

visualisation^UK

sequence of events

written account

why and wherefore

womansplanation

particularization

critical analysis

written material

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Adjective

Characterized by overuse to the point of being uninteresting

run-of-the-mill

undistinguished

common or garden

dull as dishwater

no great shakes

middle-of-the-road

nothing to write home about

unsophisticated

run of the mill

past their sell-by date

nothing special

nothing to get excited about

lacking variety

standardized^US

conventionalized

standardised^UK

run-of-the-mine

unextraordinary

inconsequential

blending into the background

lacking variation

lacking excitement

lacking interest

readily available

widely available

well established

straightforward

soul-destroying

dull as ditchwater

undemonstrative

non-stimulating

unexceptionable

devoid of emotion

fair-to-middling

fair to middling

lacking in vitality

demoralizing^US

unobjectionable

in the doldrums

devoid of feeling

demoralising^UK

behind the times

lacking personality

lacking charisma

without variety

par for the course

flat as pancake

neither one thing nor the other

puts one to sleep

lacking vitality

two-dimensional

anesthetized^US

run-of-the mill

nothing out of the ordinary

incomprehensible

middle of the road

anaesthetised^UK

of little importance

of no consequence

of no importance

of little consequence

not worth mentioning

of no great concern

not amounting to much

desensitized^US

uncompassionate

along for the ride

desensitised^UK

pure and simple

uncommunicative

lacking originality

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