shopworn

Definitions

shop + worn (past participle of wear) = worn out by sitting in a shop. The literal sense is faded display goods; the figurative sense is the more useful one — a shopworn idea is so over-used it has lost its freshness, like merchandise left too long in the window.

Common Collocations

• 1.shopworn phrase陈腐的说法
• 2.shopworn idea老套的想法
• 3.shopworn goods陈列旧了的商品

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The discount rack was full of shopworn goods.

• 2.

  The speech was full of shopworn clichés.