it's the same old story

also it's an old story

this bad situation has happened many times before It's the same old story - the women do all the work and the men just sit around talking.

Related vocabulary: the same old same old

It's the same old story.

something that you say when a bad situation has happened many times before It's the same old story - the women do all the work and the men just sit around talking.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Aaliyah	ə-LEE-ə (English)	Arabic, English (Modern)
Vladimir	vlah-DEE-meer (Russian), VLAH-dee-meer (Croatian)	Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic
Shanta	-	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali
SelİM	-	Turkish
Myriam	-	French
Imke	IM-kə (Dutch, German)	Frisian, Dutch, German