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.
   • 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^[1]:

     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: hetzelfde 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 (tr)

See also

• same old same old