1851 Sept. 306/1 He urged my merits; she replied that (no one spoke the sentence, but I knew the parrot-phrase too well!) I was so common-place.
1958 4 May 4/2 I can get no comment except the parrot-phrase: ‘The Home Secretary is still considering this case.’
2002 (Nexis) 8 June 46 The inhabitants at Ambergris have agreed not to use the corporate parrot phrase of going forward, but well, it's time to be moving onward.