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Dictionary of Idioms/Phrasal Verbs

Phrase of the Moment

nothing new under the sun

1. everything is just a little different but pretty much the same as an earlier invention

1. This expensive pasta is really just macaroni. There’s nothing new under the sun.

2. Jill: The newspaper today is shocking. Three prominent politicians have been convicted of fraud. Jane: That’s not shocking. It only proves that there’s nothing new under the sun.

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