the old story

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   what usually happens

   Corn, grain, treasure. It's the old story.

In the movies · 8

• Corn, grain, treasure. It's the old story.Cleopatra1963
• Same old story. You need something better.Michael Collins1996
• No one ever told them that a summer day can kill Same old storyLes Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert2010
• Same old story.Whale Rider2003
• but if you continue with the same old storyThe Transporter2002
• It's the same old story.The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!1988
• Just Gran's old bedtime stories.The Croods: A New Age2020
• Same old borin' story, eh?The Lighthouse2019

From the same entry

• any old how
• any old
• as old as the hills
• for old times' sake
• the good old days
• of old
• old boy, chap, man
• old enough to be father
• old enough to know better
• an old head on young shoulders
• an old wives' tale
• one of the old school