same old story

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

the same old story

1. (idiomatic) What usually happens; an occurrence that is tediously familiar.
   • August 16 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Swansea upstage Manchester United in Louis van Gaal’s Premier League bow," guardian.co.uk:

     New manager, same old story, even if the home crowd would like to trust there is better to come.

   • 1970, Paul Simon, Everywhere I Go I get Slandered

     It's the same old story - everywhere I go I get slandered.

Translations

the repetition of an annoying occurrence

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: la història de sempre f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 老一套 (zh) (lǎoyītào)

• Czech: pořád ta samá písnička
• Dutch: weeral 't zelfde liedje n
• Finnish: sama vanha juttu
• French: métro, boulot, dodo (fr), la routine f
• German: die selbe Leier f
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• Hungarian: a régi nóta
• Italian: solita storia f
• Japanese: 相変わらず (ja) (aikawarazu)
• Portuguese: o mesmo de sempre
• Russian: та́ же исто́рия f (tá že istórija)
• Slovene: peti staro pesem
• Spanish: cantaleta (es) f, sota, caballo y rey
• Swedish: samma gamla visa
• Turkish: aynı hikaye, eski hamam eski tas

See also

• same old same old