hoary
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++hoar·y /ˈhɔːri/ adjective 1 OLD/NOT YOUNG[usually before noun] a hoary joke, remark etc is so well known that people no longer find it amusing or interesting 陈腐的，老掉牙的 Not that hoary old chestnut (=old idea, joke, remark etc) again. 别再说那老掉牙的话了。2. DCB old-fashioned grey or white in colour, especially through age 〔尤指因年迈而变得〕灰白[花白]的
Examples from the Corpus
hoary• a hoary 1940s musical• For a female swimmer, 29-year-old Angel Martino is downright hoary.• Then bring her back inside, complete with Groucho Marx cigar, to run through a repertoire of hoary Borscht-belt gags.• Attractive hoary foliage, and brilliant scarlet orange flowers.• At least one House Republican freshman maintains a hoary political tradition by staging town meetings with his constituents.• All the grass in front was brittle and hoary white.• It contains many majestic old oaks and hoary willows.Origin hoary (1500-1600) hoar; → HOARFROSThoar·y adjectiveChineseSyllable
remark is so Corpus joke, a hoary known etc well
hoary
hoar‧y /ˈhɔːri/
adjective1. [usually before noun] a hoary joke, remark etc is so well known that people no longer find it amusing or interesting:
Not that hoary old chestnut (=old idea, joke, remark etc) again.
2. old-fashioned grey or white in colour, especially through age
hoar‧y /ˈhɔːri/
adjective1. [usually before noun] a hoary joke, remark etc is so well known that people no longer find it amusing or interesting: 2. old-fashioned grey or white in colour, especially through age