1. Home
2. Idioms
3. old hat

old hat

---

---

old hat

Fig. old-fashioned; outmoded. That's a silly idea. It's old hat. Hardly anybody uses typewriters anymore. That's just old hat.

See also: hat, old

old hat

if something is old hat, it is not new or modern any more A 24-hour banking service may seem old hat in the United States, but it's still innovative in Europe.

See also: hat, old

old hat

n. an old-fashioned thing or person; an outmoded thing or person. That’s just old hat. This is the modern world!

See also: hat, old