been there, done that en · X
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Ellipsis for "I have been there and have done that".
Meanings
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(idiomatic, ironic) An assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic and is not too keen on revisiting or redoing it again.
Huntsman feints at being the Snow White retelling no one has ever seen before, but ultimately becomes the “been there, done that” of fairy-tale filmmaking.
2012 May 31, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Review: Snow White And The Huntsman”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2013:No, I don't wanna go paragliding. Been there, done that. I found it awful.
He looked down at my résumé. “Wow, you interned at The New Yorker. Did you apply there?” ¶ “Nope.” ¶ He looked up. ¶ I gave the line a tug. ¶ “I just felt like, ‘been there, done that,’ you know? Also, I dated a few guys in the office so it would've been awkward.”
2013, Iris Smyles, Iris Has Free Time, Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 7:
Deriveds
been there, done that, bought the T-shirt
Translations (22)
sh bio, probao (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic) · el ήταν εκεί, κάνει αυτό (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic) · it già visto, già fatto (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic) · es ya fui y volví (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic) · cmn 曾經滄海難為水 /曾经沧海难为水 (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic) · de ist für mich nichts neues (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic) · ja 経験済み (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic) · pt essa é velha (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic) · de (hab ich) alles schon gemacht (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic) · fr déjà vu, déjà fait (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic) · ru э́то для меня́ не но́во (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic) · fi kokemusta on (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic) · hu nekem ez nem új (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic) · vi từng trải (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic) · fi se on nähty (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic) · ru я э́то уже́ ви́дел (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic) · nl al gezien al gedaan (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic) · hu ez nekem már megvolt (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic) · pl nic nowego (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic) · es yo lo hice antes (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic) · hu ez nekem már nem újdonság (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic) · es cuando tú vas yo vengo de regreso (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic)