That joke's been done to death.

这个笑话都听腻了。

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As we've discussed before, the desktop perspective has been done to death.

我们之前讨论过，桌面透视已经完了。

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But that list has been done to death … and aren't those peppy platitudes slightly obvious anyway?

只是它们的内容都被说滥了……那些陈词滥调难道不是显而易见的吗？

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In addition to writings, the new book contains art work done by death row inmates, many of whom Will regards as true artists.

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You would buy life insurance on both the husband and the wife -you might do different amounts; it's done by families with young children to protect them against the economic cost of the death of one of their parents.

夫妻双方都应该购买寿险,但两份保险的金额可以有所不同,这适用于有小孩子的家庭以弥补,因父亲或母亲去世而带来的经济损失

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Mighty as Microsoft may be, it can be done to death by the proverbial 1, 000 cuts from plaintiff-bar lawsuits.

FORBES: Fact And Comment

Most of the obvious brand extensions, such as perfume, have been done to death, points out Cedric Magnelia of Credit Suisse First Boston.

ECONOMIST: LVMH and Gucci

Hip novelist-screenwriters Michael Tolkin and Henry Bean must not have watched enough TV in the eighties to realize that the premise of their script an undercover cop gets sucked into big-time drug life has been done to death.

NEWYORKER: Deep Cover