old shit
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9.9
- noun
- /oʊld ʃɪt/
- Offensive
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la misma mierda de siempre
- We are in a world of hurt right now, and the same old shit ain't gonna cut it anymore.
- the same old shit
- bring up old shit
Examples
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She always brings up the same old shit from last year during our meetings.
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Aren't you bored of saying the same old shit over and over again?
Blog text (7) -
Oh, get up and go to work and just the same old shit all the time.
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You know, we always see the same old shit.
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It's the same old shit with all you kids over and over.
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It's the same old shit.
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Just the same old shit.
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It's the same old shit over and over again.
Fiction book (1996) -
You're not still on that old shit, are you?
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We can't do the same old shit over and over again.
Synonyms
∞
9.9
Something worthless or untrue that people say to you
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3.7
A situation that happens again and again and feels boring
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7.9
A story or joke people tell so often that it becomes boring
Antonyms
How Troublesome
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'old' (prior, former) with the vulgar sense of 'shit' (nonsense, worthless material or problems), yielding 'old nonsense/old problems'. Although the phrase is informal and coarse, its sense is compositional and predictable from the constituents, so a B1 learner who knows both words would likely infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Old shit may come from the image of a pile of old shit on a farm that is dirty and unwanted, so people began to call past messy things the same way. That's why it means 'past problems or complaints you don't want to deal with'.