被講到舊的說法
把架上那個被翻舊的盒子換成一個論點或一句標語。東西本身沒壞，只是經手的人太多，光澤沒了。所以聽的人不再停下來，就像沒有人會再拿起那個盒子。
adjective · C1
An idea or argument that is shop-soiled has been used and repeated so many times that it no longer feels fresh or interesting.
講到爛的、了無新意的
核心畫面
Picture the box at the front of the shop, the one everybody picks up and puts down again. Nothing inside has ever been used. But the corner is scuffed, the top has dust on it, and the price has quietly come down. The word is built out of exactly that scene — shop plus soiled — and it points at where the wear came from rather than at how bad it is. Move the same box over to ideas and you get a line that has been picked up by too many people: still fine, but nobody looks twice at it any more.
可以想成店門口那個被翻來翻去的盒子。裡面的東西沒有人用過。可是角落磨白了，上面積了灰，價錢也悄悄降了下來。這個字就是…更多收起
可以想成店門口那個被翻來翻去的盒子。裡面的東西沒有人用過。可是角落磨白了，上面積了灰，價錢也悄悄降了下來。這個字就是照這個畫面組起來的——shop 加 soiled——它指的是「痕跡從哪來」，而不是「傷得多重」。把同一個盒子換成一個說法，就是那種被太多人拿起來用過的老話：還能用，只是沒人再多看一眼。From the word’s history
The source gives the make-up directly: from shop (noun) plus soiled (adjective). The compound writes the scene into the word — the marks came from the shop.
來源資料直接給了組成：shop（名詞）加 soiled（形容詞）。這個複合字把場景寫進字裡——那些痕跡是在店裡沾上的。
packet etymology_text, Wiktionary source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1678602500 (From shop (noun) + soiled (adjective).)
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Also in this word
adjective · C1
A shop-soiled product is slightly dirty or slightly damaged because it has sat in a shop for a long time and been handled by customers, even though nobody has ever used it.
店裡放久而污損的