same old story
noun1
Idiomatic What usually happens; an occurrence that is tediously familiar.
- It’s the same old story / Everywhere I go / I get slandered, libeled1970, Paul Simon, “Keep The Customer Satisfied”, in Bridge Over Troubled Water, performed by Simon and Garfunkel:
- New manager, same old story, even if the home crowd would like to trust there is better to come.2014 August 16, Daniel Taylor, “Swansea upstage Manchester United in Louis van Gaal’s Premier League bow”, in The Guardian:
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