Idiom
old song
Meaning
A trifle; nothing of value.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That cheap toy is just an old song to me.”
“He tried to sell me his broken watch, but it was just an old song.”
“The politician dismissed the concerns of his critics as an old song, unworthy of serious debate.”
Examples
simple
“That cheap toy is just an old song to me.”
contextual
“He tried to sell me his broken watch, but it was just an old song.”
complex
“The politician dismissed the concerns of his critics as an old song, unworthy of serious debate.”
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