same old same-old

A form of same old same old — A familiar, uninteresting, or tedious situation, activity, narrative, or set of facts.

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Meanings

nounsame old same-old (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of same old same old.

    Same college, same apartment, same old same-old for the rest of time.

    2017, Rosalie Stanton, Firsts, →ISBN
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    "I, for one, am ready for a culinary change of pace," Kit said. "I am just so weary of the same old same-old."

    1997, Suzanne Freeman, The Cuckoo Child, →ISBN, page 168

    “So who's holding 'em and why?” Massoud shrugged. “Same old same-old...."

    2013, Damien Lewis, Morgan Jones, The Siege, →ISBN
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Chicago

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