same old story

same old story

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Noun

the same old story

1. (idiomatic) What usually happens; an occurrence that is tediously familiar.
   • 1970, Paul Simon (lyrics and music), “Keep The Customer Satisfied”, in Bridge Over Troubled Water, performed by Simon and Garfunkel:

     It’s the same old story / Everywhere I go / I get slandered, libeled

   • 2014 August 16, Daniel Taylor, “Swansea upstage Manchester United in Louis van Gaal’s Premier League bow”, in The Guardian‎:

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

Translations

the repetition of an annoying occurrence

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Catalan: la història de sempre f Cebuano: pareha ra gihapon nga istorya 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 Galician: outra vaca no millo (gl), historia de sempre f German: die alte Leier f Hungarian: a régi nóta Italian: solita storia f Japanese: 相変わらず (ja) (aikawarazu) Polish: stara śpiewka (pl) f 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