# have seen this movie

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/have-seen-this-movie
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To have experienced a situation which is the same as or similar to the current situation, especially with a sense of the unpleasantness or tiresomeness of the recurring situation.

## Examples

- I have seen this movie before, so I know how it ends.
- When the manager started making the same empty promises again, I sighed because I have seen this movie many times.
- As the political negotiations stalled for the third time this month, the veteran diplomat remarked that he had seen this movie far too often to remain optimistic.

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