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Saying — A saying is something that is said, notable in one respect or another, to be a pithy expression of wisdom or truth. [1] There are a number of specific types of saying: Apothegm. “…an edgy, more cynical aphorism; such as, ‘Men are generally more… … Wikipedia
trite — /traɪt / (say truyt) adjective (triter, tritest) 1. hackneyed by constant use or repetition; commonplace: a trite saying. 2. Obsolete rubbed or worn by use. {Latin trītus, past participle, rubbed, worn} –tritely, adverb –triteness, noun …
trite cliche — saying that is used too often … English contemporary dictionary
trite law — noun a) Things that are obvious; laws that are common knowledge. It is trite law that His Majestys subjects are free if they can make their own arrangements so that their cases may fall outside the scope of the taxing Acts. b) 31, October 2006.… … Wiktionary
platitude — noun absence of meaning, banality, cliche, commonplace expression, commonplace idea, commonplace phrase, dearth of ideas, dull comment, flat saying, hackneyed expression, hackneyed idea, hackneyed phrase, hackneyed saying, inanity, insipid remark … Law dictionary
maxim — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Saying Nouns 1. maxim, aphorism, gnome, apothegm, dictum, saying, adage, saw, proverb; sentence, mot, motto, catchphrase, word, moral, byword, household word; axiom, theorum, scholium, truism, truth,… … English dictionary for students
chestnut — Synonyms and related words: Joe Miller, Titian, adust, auburn, banality, bay, bay colored, bayard, brazen, bromide, bronze, bronze colored, bronzed, brownish red, buckskin, calico pony, carroty, castaneous, chestnut brown, cliche, commonplace,… … Moby Thesaurus
commonplace — Synonyms and related words: Attic, Babbittish, Philistine, Spartan, abstraction, accustomed, ascetic, austere, average, back number, bald, banal, banality, bare, baseborn, below the salt, bewhiskered, bourgeois, bromide, bromidic, campy, candid,… … Moby Thesaurus
corn — Synonyms and related words: Joe Miller, aftergrass, anhydrate, bamboo, banality, barley, benign tumor, bird seed, blast freeze, boil, bran, brine, bromide, bump, bunion, callosity, callus, cancer, cane, carbuncle, carcinoma, cat food, cereal,… … Moby Thesaurus
twice told tale — Synonyms and related words: Joe Miller, banality, bromide, chestnut, cliche, commonplace, commonplace expression, corn, familiar tune, hackneyed saying, joke with whiskers, lieu commun, locus communis, old joke, old saw, old song, old story, old… … Moby Thesaurus
