Idiom
same old story
Meaning
What usually happens; an occurrence that is tediously familiar.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My car broke down again, the same old story.”
“He promised to arrive on time, but he was late again, which is the same old story.”
“Despite his repeated promises of reform, the politician failed to deliver, proving it was merely the same old story of broken pledges and empty rhetoric.”
Examples
simple
“My car broke down again, the same old story.”
contextual
“He promised to arrive on time, but he was late again, which is the same old story.”
complex
“Despite his repeated promises of reform, the politician failed to deliver, proving it was merely the same old story of broken pledges and empty rhetoric.”
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