same old story

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Noun

the same old story

(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: 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

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