Historical clue formulations

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