我想他在讲演中所要说的每个问题,对你来说,都可能是老生常谈,但是,因为我不是人类学家,我倒觉得它趣味横生,资料丰富哩。 I dare say anything he had to say in the lecture would have been old stuff to you but since I'm not an anthropologist I found it very interesting and informative.
人们在会上听的尽是一些老生常谈的报告。 People at the convention heard many cut-and-dried speeches.
还是老生常谈的事:谁都想让房子整洁,可谁也不愿意亲自整理。 It's the same old story: everybody wants the house tidy, but nobody wants to tidy it himself.