What does same old story mean?

same old story

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.16 in modern English

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"She trots out the same old excuses every time she's late."
"It’s the same old story / Everywhere I go / I get slandered, libeled"
"New manager, same old story, even if the home crowd would like to trust there is better to come."

the same old story (canonical)

same old same old

same old same old

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