迷你對話：
A:I think that’s settled.
我想就這么決定了。
B:I'm tired of yourcut-and-driedopinions. Who do you think you are!
我煩死了你那些陳詞濫調(diào)，你以為你是誰呀？
A:How dare you speak to me like this.
你敢這樣對我說話。
B:Why not?
為什么不敢？
地道表達(dá)：cut-and-dried
解詞釋義：這是一條形容詞性的習(xí)語。關(guān)于習(xí)語的出處有兩種解釋。一種是認(rèn)為此語用來指17世紀(jì)英國草藥店里出售的成藥，這是藥是割下后曬干的，因為遠(yuǎn)不如剛采摘的或地里長著的那些草藥那么新鮮；另一種解釋為，此語鋸好晾干且已經(jīng)刨好成型的備用木材。現(xiàn)在該習(xí)語被沿用下來，引申為“枯燥乏味的，刻板迂腐的”。也是我中文中說的“老生常談的”“陳詞濫調(diào)的”。
支持范例：
Eg. Most speakers are skillful in fencing with reporter's questions with cut-and-dried words.
大多數(shù)發(fā)言人擅用“套話”來搪塞記者提問。
Eg. They were sick of Allan's cut-and-dried answers.
他們對艾倫老套的答復(fù)感到厭煩。
Eg. He lived a cut-and-dried life.
他過著枯燥無味的生活。
Eg. People at the convention heard many cut-and-dried speeches.
人們在會上聽的盡是一些老生常談的報告。
詞海拾貝：
cut-and-dried opinions：陳詞濫調(diào)
Eg. When writing a composition, one must avoid using cut-and-dried opinions.
作文一定要避免陳詞濫調(diào)。
Eg. It was not the lecture itself but the cut-and-dried opinions in it that palled on her mind.
使她感到可厭的不是那講演本身，而是其中的陳詞濫調(diào)。
Eg. He seems to have no original ideas; his speech was full of cut-and-dried opinions.
他似乎沒有什么獨(dú)到的見解，他的講話充滿了陳詞濫調(diào)。
Eg. The little boy has learned to dislike his parents' cut-and-dried opinions.
那小男孩學(xué)會討厭他父母的陳詞濫調(diào)了。
視野拓展：
cut-and-dried remark：套話