- Ban Al for lacking originality
- Clichéd
- Commonplace
- Corny
- Hackneyed
- Hackneyed, cliched
- Old hat
- Banal
- Childish
- Cliché
- Cliched
- Commonplace
- Commonplace, hackneyed
- Contritely admitted being banal
- An obvious truth
- Bromide
- Cliche
- Cliched saying? It’s rum recycled!
- Hackneyed expression
- Hackneyed saying
- Mantra