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- The meaning of THE SAME OLD STORY is —used to say that a situation or condition has not changed.
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A frequently recurring event or situation, as in It's the same old story-they won't hire you without experience but how can you get experience if you're not hired? Both these expressions originally alluded to a tiresome, rambling discourse but today are used mainly for an irksome recurrence.
IT'S THE SAME OLD STORY definition: 1. said when talking about a bad situation that has happened many times before: 2. said when…. Learn more.
something that occurs or has occurred in the same way often. Jim's got no money. It's the same old story. He's spent it all on clothing. The company is getting rid of workers. It's the same old story—a shortage of orders. See also: old, same, story.
If you say it's the same old story or it's the old story, you mean that something unpleasant or undesirable seems to happen again and again.
A frequently recurring event or situation, as in It's the same old story—they won't hire you without experience but how can you get experience if you're not hired? Both these expressions originally alluded to a tiresome, rambling discourse but today are used mainly for an irksome recurrence.
it’s the (same) old ˈstory something unpleasant or bad which happens again and again: He says we haven’t got enough money for a trip overseas. It’s the same old story every year.
