Idioms containing OLD
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CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK, A
very much like one’s parent(s)
1. The young man likes to do the same things his father does. He’s a chip off the old block.
2. Now that Ralph has grown up, he and his father are as different as night and day. But when Ralph was younger, he was a chip off the old block.
2. Now that Ralph has grown up, he and his father are as different as night and day. But when Ralph was younger, he was a chip off the old block.
OLD FLAME
someone from a past romantic relationship
1. She received a message from an old flame.
2. Complications arise when her old flame from college appears.
2. Complications arise when her old flame from college appears.
OLD FUDDY-DUDDY
a person who is old-fashioned and not open to new technology or ideas
1. Tom is a bit of an old fuddy-duddy He refuses to get a mobile phone or a computer.
2. My music teacher is pretty cool, but my history teacher is an old fuddy-duddy
2. My music teacher is pretty cool, but my history teacher is an old fuddy-duddy
OLD HAT
routine to the point of boredom (1); old-fashioned and outmoded (2)
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?
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?
OLD-BOY NETWORK
the male connections that a man acquires, usually while in college or the military, later used to disseminate jobs and information
1. Mr. Turner got his job through the old-boy network, which consisted of the friends he knew when he was at the university.
2. Sometimes it can be very hard to get hired by certain companies because they depend so heavily on hiring through an old-boy network If you aren’t a part of it, you don’t have a chance.
2. Sometimes it can be very hard to get hired by certain companies because they depend so heavily on hiring through an old-boy network If you aren’t a part of it, you don’t have a chance.
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