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the oldest trick in the book the oldest trick in the bookA method of deception, or of addressing some issue, that is well-known or has been used for a long time. Selling tourists fake artifacts is the oldest trick in the book—please don't fall for that one. Look, you can fix it by threading a paper clip through the hole. Oldest trick in the book!See also: book, old, trickthe oldest trick in the book If you call a dishonest or unfair action the oldest trick in the book, you mean that people should have expected it because it is a very common thing that people do. Well, that's the oldest trick in the book — to blame someone else for your problems. He's using the children to persuade people to part with their money. Oldest trick in the book.See also: book, old, trickthe oldest trick in the book a ruse so hackneyed that it should no longer deceive anyone.See also: book, old, trick |