| 2026-07-19 | Not fresh |
| 2025-11-30 | Overdone |
| 2025-09-07 | Overdone |
| 2024-03-17 | Like a stock quote? |
| 2024-03-06 | Overworked |
| 2024-01-05 | Not fresh |
| 2023-09-23 | Banal |
| 2023-09-11 | Lacking originality |
| 2023-03-18 | Like the saying "You win some, you lose some" |
| 2022-11-18 | Stale |
| 2021-09-26 | Overdone |
| 2021-03-31 | Far from original |
| 2021-02-07 | Clichéd |
| 2020-07-16 | Opposite of original |
| 2019-07-20 | Commonplace |
| 2018-03-20 | Like the expressions "a dime a dozen" and "a penny for your thoughts" |
| 2018-02-17 | Worn-out |
| 2017-04-18 | Like the invitation line "Be there or be square" |
| 2017-02-17 | Used too much |
| 2015-10-20 | Overused |
| 2015-10-06 | All too familiar |
| 2015-05-27 | Hardly original |
| 2015-02-18 | Hackneyed |
| 2014-07-27 | Played out |
| 2014-06-04 | Done to death |
| 2014-03-09 | Unimaginative |
| 2014-02-11 | Too-often repeated |
| 2013-12-05 | Repentant |
| 2013-07-12 | Like "Have a nice day," for example |
| 2013-06-08 | Tired |
| 2013-02-10 | Overused |
| 2012-11-11 | Shopworn |
| 2011-05-30 | Overused, as a saying |
| 2011-05-16 | Clichéd |
| 2010-10-04 | Hackneyed |
| 2009-07-19 | Like "Have a nice day!" |
| 2009-01-01 | Shopworn |
| 2008-12-07 | Played out |
| 2008-10-16 | Done to death |
| 2006-09-11 | Hackneyed |
| 2005-12-04 | Played out |
| 2004-12-26 | Old hat |
| 2004-11-21 | Much-heard |
| 2004-06-03 | Overused |
| 2004-01-04 | Tired |
| 2003-10-05 | Shopworn |
| 2002-10-27 | Like a sunset at the end of a movie |
| 2002-08-25 | Not fresh |
| 2002-07-26 | Used too much |
| 2002-06-08 | Beaten to death |
| 2002-05-01 | Unoriginal |
| 2002-03-05 | Clichéd |
| 2001-07-26 | Stating the obvious |
| 2000-05-27 | Shopworn |
| 2000-05-15 | Overly common |
| 2000-04-01 | Formulaic |
| 2000-01-10 | Old hat |
| 1999-05-21 | Humdrum |
| 1999-04-10 | Not novel |
| 1999-03-03 | Hackneyed |
| 1998-10-02 | Not fresh |
| 1998-09-07 | Said too often |
| 1998-06-30 | Stale |
| 1997-12-13 | Commonplace |
| 1997-07-02 | Played out |
| 1996-10-25 | Old as Methuselah, in a way |
| 1996-09-27 | Worn-out |
| 1996-04-11 | Shopworn |
| 1995-11-04 | Uninspired |
| 1995-09-22 | Overworked |
| 1995-03-17 | Platitudinous |
| 1994-12-28 | Old hat |
| 1994-07-10 | Overdone |