up to old tricks

up to your/its old tricks

doing something you or it has done before House Republicans are up to their old tricks again, promising to cut taxes for everyone and then giving most of the tax cuts to the very wealthy.

Usage notes: usually said about an attempt to deceive someone

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bertrando	-	Italian
Isabelle	ee-za-BEL (French), IZ-ə-bel (English), ee-sah-BEL-lə (Dutch)	French, English, German, Dutch
Tennyson	TEN-ə-sən	English (Rare)
Aino	IE-no (Finnish)	Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Chibuike	-	Western African, Igbo
Chandana	-	Indian, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi