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old hat
old hatadj.1. Behind the times; out of fashion: Last year's styles are old hat.2. Trite from overuse; overly familiar: That prank is old hat.old hat adj (postpositive) old-fashioned or trite old′ hat′
adj. 1. old-fashioned; dated. 2. trite; hackneyed. [1745] old hatOld-fashioned, behind the times, or having been used too often.old hat
old hatUnoriginal, out of date, or old-fashioned.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!See also: hat, oldold hatFig. old-fashioned; outmoded. That's a silly idea. It's old hat. Hardly anybody uses typewriters anymore. That's just old hat.See also: hat, oldold hat COMMON If something is old hat, it is unoriginal or out of date.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. See also: hat, oldold hat used to refer to something considered passé and therefore banal or uninteresting. informalSee also: hat, oldˌold 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 rageSee also: hat, oldold hat n. an old-fashioned thing or person; an outmoded thing or person. That’s just old hat. This is the modern world! See also: hat, oldold hatOutmoded, 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.”See also: hat, old |