Those well-worn words are a small offering, perhaps, but they will suffice.

这些老生常谈的话也许只是一个小小的提议，但它们就足够了。

From these HR queries, that truism is clearly not true.

从这些人资源方面的问题来看，这个老生常谈显然是不正确的。

Yes, I know it's cliche, but it works very well.

是的，我知道这是老生常谈，但这个真的很有用。

It's the age old question- what makes a good life? How do we go deeper amongst the clamour of a culture that monetises status anxiety and defines us by what earn, own or look like?

我们又要说一个老生常谈的问题——怎样才是好的生活？在宣扬上，追求社会地位，根据收入，财产和外表来定义我们的浮躁社会，我们怎样才能深入剖析自己的心世界？

Getting out of your own concerns, and caring about someone else's life for a while, reminds you that you are not the center of the universe.

这虽然是老生常谈，但这是真事，帮助他人最终会给你带来更多。

I know it sounds cliche, but learn how to enjoy the process.

我知道这听起来很老生常谈，但要学会享受整个过程。

5 walnuts a day provide enough lecithin for improving brain activity and memory. Don’t get over an alcohol limit! This might seems as an obvious recommendation, yet a constantly relevant one.

每天五颗核桃就提高足够的卵磷脂来增进大脑的活动和记忆。喝酒别过量！看起来也许像个老生常谈，但这的确是很重要。

It can answer the age-old question, " Why do I need to learn this? "

它可以回答一个老生常谈的问题，“为什么我需要学习这个？”

Moral Panics over new media are old hat.

新媒体带来的道德恐慌已是老生常谈了。

The fashion for niceness is both trite and revealing.

这种追求友善的风尚既是老生常谈，也能说明一些问题。

And then there was one, the good old protein.

然后还有一个老生常谈的问题，蛋白质。

And you're probably tired of hearing the same old advice, just practice more.

你可能已经听腻了老生常谈的建议，比如说“只要多练习就好”。

Why do we not use these words every day?

为什么它们还不是老生常谈？

One thing that's not new, the privacy concerns.

而老生常谈的问题则是隐私。

Until recently, the combination of a blazer, trousers and trainers was a well-trod fashion formula.

直到最近，西装外套、长裤和运动鞋的搭配还是一种老生常谈的时尚模式。

And it might seem kind of cut and dry.

这似乎是老生常谈了。

I wrote back to these folks, pointing out the usual things: (a) Greg Stillson wasn't real; (b) the dog wasn't real; (c) I myself had never in my life put the boot to one of my pets, or anyone else's.

我给这些人回信，老生常谈以下几点：（1)格莱戈·斯蒂尔森是虚构的；（2)那只狗也是虚构的；（3)我本人平生不曾穿靴抬脚踢过任何一只自家的宠物，别人家的也没有。

" Not to any particular person, my dear, " said she, hastily checking herself up, as if she were afraid of having admitted too much; " only the old story, you know, of ladies always saying, 'When I marry, ' and gentlemen, 'If I marry.'"

“不是期待和某个特定的人结婚，亲爱的，”她急忙克制住自己，仿佛害怕承认得太多了，“只是老生常谈的，你知道的，女士们总是说‘等我结婚了’就如何如何，而男士们则说‘要是我结婚的话’就如何如何。”

Number 17 is a real cliche, but it's also one of the ones that I learned early and I learned often and I find I've applied to most of my adult life.

第 17 条确实是个老生常谈的问题，但也是我很早就学到、经常学到的一条，而且我发现我在成年后的大部分时间里都在运用它。

The kind of, cliche is that all Northerners are plain speaking and always say hello and things like this and more friendly. I'm not convinced that's really true.

有一种老生常谈的说法是，北方人都很朴实，总是说你好之类的话，而且更加友好。我不相信这是真的。