the oldest trick in the book
English
Phrase
- A method of deception that has been used many times before and should therefore be well-known.
Further reading
- “the oldest trick in the book”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “the oldest trick in the book”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “the oldest trick in the book” (US) / “the oldest trick in the book” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “it's the oldest trick in the book”, in Collins English Dictionary.
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