cover the same ground

To discuss or address something that has already been discussed or examined. I don't know why we keep having meetings when all we do is cover the same ground every week.

cover the same ground

go over the same ground

If something such as a conversation, a piece of writing or a course covers the same ground or goes over the same ground, it deals with the same subjects or the same part of a subject that has already been dealt with. As the titles of these two books imply, they cover much the same ground. You continue to think and wonder about it, going over the same ground in your mind, again and again.

See also: cover, ground, same

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

See also:

TMI
want (one's) head examined
need (one's) head examined
need your head examined
need, want, etc. your head examined
a federal case
federal
be a whole other kettle of fish
put into practice
put something into practice

References in periodicals archive

This law textbook is for a course that covers both substantive and procedural criminal law, and the 13th edition incorporates recent decisions of the US Supreme Court, making room by deleting cases that have been superseded by newer cases, and substituting shorter cases for longer ones that cover the same ground. The topics include offenses against the habitation and other protected entities, offenses against property, responsibility: limitation on criminal capacity, sentencing, investigation and adjudication.

Criminal Law and Procedure: Cases and Materials, 13th Edition

School librarians should check first to see if they already have other books that cover the same ground. If they don't then this would be a good choice.

Barr, Martyn: The Lost Generation: The Young Person's Guide to World War I

All I could do was watch him cover the same ground as before, expecting him to disappear over the rise.

Second time's a charm

She said the more focused and detailed state investigation would cover the same ground as her inquiry.

Church's sex probe ends

词组	cover the same ground
释义	cover the same ground cover the same ground To discuss or address something that has already been discussed or examined. I don't know why we keep having meetings when all we do is cover the same ground every week. See also: cover, ground, same Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. cover the same ground or go over the same ground If something such as a conversation, a piece of writing or a course covers the same ground or goes over the same ground, it deals with the same subjects or the same part of a subject that has already been dealt with. As the titles of these two books imply, they cover much the same ground. You continue to think and wonder about it, going over the same ground in your mind, again and again. See also: cover, ground, same Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. See also: TMI want (one's) head examined need (one's) head examined need your head examined need, want, etc. your head examined a federal case federal be a whole other kettle of fish put into practice put something into practice References in periodicals archive This law textbook is for a course that covers both substantive and procedural criminal law, and the 13th edition incorporates recent decisions of the US Supreme Court, making room by deleting cases that have been superseded by newer cases, and substituting shorter cases for longer ones that cover the same ground. The topics include offenses against the habitation and other protected entities, offenses against property, responsibility: limitation on criminal capacity, sentencing, investigation and adjudication. Criminal Law and Procedure: Cases and Materials, 13th Edition School librarians should check first to see if they already have other books that cover the same ground. If they don't then this would be a good choice. Barr, Martyn: The Lost Generation: The Young Person's Guide to World War I All I could do was watch him cover the same ground as before, expecting him to disappear over the rise. Second time's a charm She said the more focused and detailed state investigation would cover the same ground as her inquiry. Church's sex probe ends
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