Idiom meaning, usage examples, facts
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OLD HAT
routine to the point of boredom (1); old-fashioned and outmoded (2)
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1. Every New Year’s Eve, we go to the same restaurant for dinner and the same hotel for dancing. It’s getting to be old hat and I’m tired of it. Let’s do something different this year.
2. I’ve heard that idea a thousand times before. It’s old hat. Can’t you think of anything new and different that we could try? Synonyms: in a rut; on a treadmill. |
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