same old thing

Heaps of fellows in London go on doing the same old thing, in the same old way, only too glad if its safe.

Isnt it realer than painting pretty pictures—simpering, sugary women—the same old thing again and again?

They come in yawning in the morning, and seem bored to death at having to do the same old thing.

The same old thing, said John Krinken with a glance at the stocking.

Woman or child, horse or dog, it's the same old thing—the more any creature loves a man in this world the worse they're treated.