old hat

Example Sentences

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Left-wing media bias is old hat, and complaints about the BBC date at least to Margaret Thatcher’s day.

From The Wall Street Journal

All-time highs have become old hat to a market that’s seen the S&P 5oo notch nearly three dozen record closes this year, and the catalysts are familiar too: trade and tech.

From Barron's

Maybe the headlines about looming shutdown deadlines feel like old hat, at this point.

From Slate

“Even though they were only a couple of years older than the Beatles, they were treated as old hat,” says Mazor.

From Los Angeles Times

Setting fires to garbage cans in the middle of a street is old hat — how about providing shelter to undocumented families living with the terrifying reality that their time in this country might soon be up?

From Los Angeles Times