| 单词 | the old story |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe (same) old story d. the (same) old story and variants: a familiar tale or excuse (usually with a connotation of implausibility); a problem which recurs frequently. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [phrase] > familiar reason the (same) old story1898 1700 N. Rous in Jrnl. Friends' Hist. Soc. (1912) 9 184 I find Brother Dykes continues in his old story. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. iv. 75 ‘What! father's forgot the coffin?’ ‘Ay, lad, th' old tale; but I shall get it done.’ 1898 J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 28 ‘What brought 'em to that?’ Oh, the old story—liftin' their little finger. 1919 Outing Mar. 340/2 It was the old story of a life of hard knocks. 1938 E. Ambler Cause for Alarm xi. 184 Too much or too little—empty stomachs or overfed ones—the old, old story. 1994 T. C. Boyle Without Hero (1995) 127 It's the same old story, species fascism at its worst. < as lemmas |
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