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same old story en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) What usually happens; an occurrence that is tediously familiar.
   • It’s the same old story / Everywhere I go / I get slandered, libeled 1970, Paul Simon, “Keep The Customer Satisfied”, in Bridge Over Troubled Water, performed by Simon and Garfunkel:
   • New manager, same old story, even if the home crowd would like to trust there is better to come. 2014 August 16, Daniel Taylor, “Swansea upstage Manchester United in Louis van Gaal’s Premier League bow”, in The Guardian:
   • She trots out the same old excuses every time she's late.

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same old same old

Translations (26)

ru та́ же исто́рия (the repetition of an annoying occurrence) · nl hetzelfde liedje (the repetition of an annoying occurrence) · tr aynı hikaye (the repetition of an annoying occurrence) · cs pořád ta samá písnička (the repetition of an annoying occurrence) · ca la història de sempre (the repetition of an annoying occurrence) · es cantinela (the repetition of an annoying occurrence) · es sota, caballo y rey (the repetition of an annoying occurrence) · fi sama vanha juttu (the repetition of an annoying occurrence) · sl peti staro pesem (the repetition of an annoying occurrence) · sv samma gamla visa (the repetition of an annoying occurrence) · cmn 老一套 (the repetition of an annoying occurrence) · ceb pareha ra gihapon nga istorya (the repetition of an annoying occurrence) · ja 相変わらず (the repetition of an annoying occurrence) · fr la routine (the repetition of an annoying occurrence) · gl historia de sempre (the repetition of an annoying occurrence) · es cantilena (the repetition of an annoying occurrence) · hu a régi nóta (the repetition of an annoying occurrence) · fr métro, boulot, dodo (the repetition of an annoying occurrence) · hi ढाक के तीन पात (the repetition of an annoying occurrence) · es cantaleta (the repetition of an annoying occurrence) · pl stara śpiewka (the repetition of an annoying occurrence) · pt o mesmo de sempre (the repetition of an annoying occurrence) · tr eski hamam eski tas (the repetition of an annoying occurrence) · de die alte Leier (the repetition of an annoying occurrence) · gl outra vaca no millo (the repetition of an annoying occurrence) · it solita storia (the repetition of an annoying occurrence)