old-hat
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Originated in the early 20th century, possibly from the idea of an old, out-of-fashion hat.
مثال
- His ideas are old-hat.
- The technology they're using is old-hat.
- For her, climbing mountains is old-hat.
ترکیبهای رایج
seem old-hat become old-hat consider something old-hat
تعریف انگلیسی
adjective
- out of fashion “a suit of rather antique appearance” “demode (or outmoded) attire” “outmoded ideas”
- repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse “bromidic sermons” “his remarks were trite and commonplace” “hackneyed phrases” “a stock answer” “repeating threadbare jokes” “parroting some timeworn axiom” “the trite metaphor `hard as nails”