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词组 old hat
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Idiom
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.
old hat
adjective old-fashioned, out-of-date UK, 1911

old hat

Unoriginal, out of date, or old-fashioned. Jokes like that were edgy a while ago, but they're just old hat at this point. People think my flip phone is a bit old hat, but it still works after all these years!

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.

old hat

COMMON If something is old hat, it is unoriginal or out of date. The technology is a bit old hat nowadays. I think that kind of painting's a bit old hat now, isn't it? I wanted to do something quite different. Note: This expression may have developed because in the times when it was usual for women to wear hats, the fashions in hats used to change very quickly.

old hat

used to refer to something considered passé and therefore banal or uninteresting. informal

ˌold ˈhat

something that is old-fashioned and no longer interesting: This is supposed to be a new method of learning English, but frankly, it’s a bit old hat. OPPOSITE: all the rage

old hat

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

old hat

Outmoded, old-fashioned, uninteresting. The term, it has been suggested by several writers, comes from the fact that hats go out of style long before they are actually worn out. The term began to be used figuratively during the late nineteenth century. Shaw used it in Platform and Pulpit (1932): “If I mention that sort of thing I am told that is old hat.”
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