become old hat

For them, this is a round that has become old hat.

He had worked there for only three years but it was already becoming old hat.

For six months it sat, becoming old hat and tired.

"This has become old hat when Boston comes to town.

"Shows how quickly something can become old hat," observed Burnside.

To repeat a nerve-wracking experience until it became old hat?

"Ginger ale was such a staple for so long that it became old hat."

The good news I hear from feminist friends is that it's becoming old hat these days to involve the father in childbirth.

I think, that is the thing about gimmicky plots and camera work etc., they can quickly become old hat.

"Have missions like this one become old hat?"

As with most things which appeal to the vagaries of youthful fashion today's hit rapidly becomes old hat.

Once the molds have become old hat, customers can try making filled candies or cherry cordials.

Such minuscule leaves are already becoming old hat, as chefs seek out the unusual micro herb no one has seen before.

In this city, which has swiftly created its own version of a Western-style night life, striptease has become old hat.

"Maybe it becomes old hat.

But it almost seemed as though the hairpin turns of the election roller coaster had become old hat; none of them were apoplectic or anguished.

"Canastel's was becoming old hat," Mr. Levine said.

Military coats and insignia have become old hat among the peddlers of Moscow's Arbat, and light weapons are easy to buy.

One theory holds that the Tigers management wants to jazz up the team's image and feels that Ernie, at the age of 73, has become old hat.

"You'll find out, when you've been in as long as I have, Patrick," Wilder said, standing, "that all this hush-hush stuff becomes old hat.

Always a Thrill As he said: "It's like saying to a kid, 'You ever face the prospect of Christmas becoming old hat?'

Mr. Clark is a research engineer at the Stevens Institute of Technology here, where roiling and calming the seas is becoming old hat.

While at one time a leading advertising approach, fax marketing services are becoming old hat in many ways, as fax technology gives way to newer forms of digital communication.

He felt that, while in their day these adventures were excellent and deserved acclaim, dungeons had become old hat compared to more sophisticated adventures available for AD&D.

For Fassel, who is enduring a fourth season in which his offense is being dissected and second-guessed, the inherent paradox of trying to achieve an offensive balance with disparate talents is becoming old hat.