twice-told
Recounted a second
Twice-told describes a story or account that has been repeated, often so many times that it has become familiar or even tiresome.
The term carries connotations of staleness or lack of originality, as in Hawthorne's *Twice-Told Tales*.
A twice-told tale may also suggest embellishment through retelling, the way stories evolve as they pass from teller to teller.
Account of events
- taleSpoken or written narrative
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
- fableMoral tale with animals
folklore · parable · allegory · saga · yarn · anecdote · chronicle · lore
Familiar to many
- recognizableAble to be identified
- hackneyedOverused and unoriginal
- triteOverused, lacking freshness
- staleNo longer fresh
worn · overused · clichéd · shopworn · tired · warmed-over · recycled · secondhand
Traditional pithy truth
- sayingShort, wise expression
- maximBrief moral principle
- axiomSelf-evident starting principle
- aphorismTerse general truth
truism · proverb · saw · byword · chestnut · moral · epigram · platitude
Saying something again
- echoReflected sound wave
- rehashRestate without freshness
- repetitionAct of redoing
- recapitulationSummarizing what came before
restatement · redundancy · duplication · reprise · refrain · recurring · restated · reaffirmed
narrative
Account of events
fable · folklore · parable · allegory · saga · yarn · anecdote · chronicle · lore · ballad
well-known
Familiar to many
- recognizableAble to be identified
- hackneyedOverused and unoriginal
- triteOverused, lacking freshness
stale · worn · overused · clichéd · shopworn · tired · warmed-over · recycled · secondhand · old-hat
adage
Traditional pithy truth
aphorism · truism · proverb · saw · byword · chestnut · moral · epigram · platitude · time-honored
reiteration
Saying something again
- echoReflected sound wave
- rehashRestate without freshness
- repetitionAct of redoing
recapitulation · restatement · redundancy · duplication · reprise · refrain · recurring · restated · reaffirmed · emphasized