老掉牙 [
lǎo diào yá]
very old
corny
out of date
obsolete
antediluvian
- 这听起来像是个老掉牙的泡妞烂招,但或许这就是有关酒精模仿行为的一个切实的生物学基础。
It sounds like a bad pickup line, but there may be an actual biological basis for this kind of alcohol copycat behavior. - 他的管理要旨归根结底似乎是在主张一种本真状态——这是个老掉牙的主意,而且有些婆婆妈妈。
His management thesis seems to boil down to a plea for authenticity - which is an old idea, and a soppy one at that. - 换言之,与任何时候相比,现在正是时候验证一下那句老掉牙的话:即“血流满街时”买进股票是明智之举。
Now more than ever, in other words, the old cliché that it is wise to buy "when there is blood on the streets" is about to be tested.