déjà-vu
English translation: been there, done that
| 17:35 Sep 14, 2006 |
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|  Selected response from: Anne Girardeau Local time: 13:01 | ||||||
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| 3 +5 | old hat |
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| 4 +3 | it's nothing new |
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| 3 +2 | déjà-vu |
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| 4 +1 | tedious,boring,mundane drab,unexciting unoriginal |
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| 4 | been there, done that |
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| 4 | overly familiar |
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| 3 +1 | same old, same old |
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| 3 +1 | done to death |
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| 3 +1 | tired, hackneyed |
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| 3 | Overdone |
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| 3 | passe |
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| 3 | bland/vanilla-flavoured/lame |
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| 4 -1 | cliché |
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| 4 -1 | stereotypical |
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been there, done that Explanation: To express when you've seen so much of the same thing it's boring... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 mins (2006-09-14 17:42:38 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- if you have more context, it might help, as this isn't much of an adjective... |
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5 mins confidence:
overly familiar Explanation: http://tinyurl.com/fk3yw |
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11 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1same old, same old Explanation: That's pretty slangy, though. But frankly, I see nothing wrong with déjà-vu, you may just have to rephrase, since it doesn't work as an adjective. It's commonly used, at least in the US. |
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19 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2déjà-vu Explanation: why not déjà-vu? looks fine to me kept like that and conveys the right meaning - ie seen it all before |
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