| moralism(noun, significance, meaning, message) | |
| mythos(noun, wisdom, tradition, lore, teachings) | |
| old chestnut(noun, expression, plate, ordinariness, chestnut) | |
| old saw(noun, expression, plate, ordinariness, chestnut) | |
| old saying | |
| old story(expression, commonplace, chestnut, overused) | |
| oracle | |
| ordinance(noun, instruction) | |
| overused(commonplace, chestnut) | |
| parable | |
| paragraph(noun, expression) | |
| paroemia | |
| phraseology(noun, expression) | |
| pithy saying | |
| plate(noun, ordinariness, chestnut, triteness, predictability) | |
| point(noun, significance, meaning, message) | |
| policy(noun, instruction) | |
| potboiler(commonplace, chestnut, overused) | |
| prescript | |
| pronouncement(noun, talk, statement, conversation, chat) |
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