the same old story/the old story

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Definition of the same old story/the old story words

phrase the same old story/the old 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. 0

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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