Adjective
twice-told (not comparable)
hackneyed; cliché
Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. William Shakespeare
Pall on her temper, like a twice-told tale. Mark Akenside
Dull as a twice-told tale. William Julius Mickle
I cannot write anything that I understand too well. If I know what something means to me, if I have already come to the end of it as an experience, I can't write it because it seems a twice-told tale. Arthur Miller
There's nothing in this world can make me joy Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man And bitter shame hath spoil'd the sweet world's taste That it yields nought but shame and bitterness. William Shakespeare
Criticism Edgar Allan Poe wrote important, and somewhat unflattering, reviews of both Twice-Told Tales and Mosses from an Old Manse. Source: Internet