老生常谈

You can understand that. It works in truisms."All is fair in design and war." Certainly we live in a competitive society.

你能明白它们，这话像是老生常谈&在设计和战争中，一切都是公平的。&

During the Wilson's Administration, America emerged as a key player in world affairs, proclaiming principles which, while reflecting the truisms of American though, nevertheless marked a revolutionary departure for Old World diplomats.

威尔逊总统执政其间，美国一跃而成为国际事务中的一个主要角色，到处宣扬其自身的原则。这些原则虽然折射出了美国思想中那些老生常谈的内容，但对于旧世界的外交家而言，仍标志着一种革命性的更弦易辙。

Anyone who still had enough sense of humour to listen objectively to the ensuing dialogue would be staggered by the vast number of commonplaces,misapplied truisms, cliches from newspapers and novels, shop soiled platitudes of every description interspersed with vulgar abuse and brain-splitting lack of logic.

任何还有足够幽默感去客观地聆听这随后谈话的人，会被来自报纸和小说以及用缺乏逻辑的粗俗滥用和大脑分裂点缀的形形色色的老生常谈污染的行话连篇的废话、滥用的自明之理和陈词滥调弄崩溃。

The moment they stumbled upon the temple as tour guides, everything instantly become so cliche, the movie should be retitled 'journey FROM the west'.

当他们偶然到达泰姬陵做了导游，一切都即刻变得老生常谈，电影应该改名为&journey FROM the west &。

The right of reputation lawsuit and news media's relations are a platitudes question.

名誉权诉讼和新闻媒体的关系是一个老生常谈的问题。

I believe my honesty was much more effective than warnings or platitudes.

我相信诚实比警告或老生常谈有效得多。

He's also unusual: a member of the (warning: teeth-grinding cliché approaching) Golden Generation of the late 1990s who never noticeably let anybody down, didn't just seem to give up like some, or become obsessed with his own bewildering wealth and status, or succumb to injury, or seem not to care enough.

他亦是与众不同的：他是（注意：老生常谈的话又来了）90年代后期令人振奋的黄金一代中的一员；比赛时不轻言放弃；没有在巨大的财富和声望中迷失自己；不会被伤病打垮；甚至是默默无闻。

You swallow 600 times a day. Those are old wives tales.

尽管是老生常谈，但是吃东西的时候，我们确实应该细嚼慢咽。

Addressing the more hum-drum issue of plagiarism, Ms Donovan says, can make ethics more personal.

多诺万表示，解决更为老生常谈的剽窃议题，可以让伦理观念变得更加个性化。

This common-sense message bears repeating: Don't be your own worst enemy.

这个就是老生常谈了：不要成为你自己的敌人。

With Death guitarist Schuldiner adopting vocal duties, the band made a major impact on the scene.

随着死亡的吉他手Schuldiner接受主唱的职务，乐队在现实中树立了重要的影响。

But he could still end up breakfasting on Swiss-government issue muesli because all six are accused of nicking around 45 million pounds they should have paid to FIFA.

不过他最后仍有可能沦为瑞士政府&议事餐桌&上的一道早餐，因为这所有六个人都被指控把本应支付给国际足联的大约4500万英镑骗了个精光。