Everyone recognized him as an old hack due to his uninspired writing style.
Even the old hack struggled to come up with fresh ideas for the article.
Get off the stage, you old hack!
I summon the voice of Confucius- Get off the stage, you old hack!
Ich rufe den Geist von Konfuzius... Hau bloß ab du alte Flasche.
A new generation of writers is anxious to outshine the old hack.
People read his column reluctantly; it screamed of an old hack's approach.
Die Leute lasen seine Kolumne widerwillig; sie schrie förmlich nach einem abgehalfterten Schreiberling.
Her peers joked that she had turned into an old hack after years of grueling deadlines.
Ihre Kollegen scherzten, dass sie nach Jahren harter Deadlines zu einem abgehalfterten Schreiberling geworden sei.
She became an old hack after years of repeating the same tired stories.
Sie wurde nach Jahren des Wiederholens derselben alten Geschichten zu einem abgehalfterten Schreiberling.
He used to be innovative, but now he's just an old hack.
He often wondered how to escape the label of an old hack.
Critics labeled the film's script as the work of an old hack.
Readers often complained about being bored by the old hack's predictable narratives.
After decades in the industry, he was sadly an old hack by choice.