Same Old Story Meaning

(idiomatic) What usually happens, a happening which is not surprising and is tediously familiar.

Example: August 16 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Swansea upstage Manchester United in Louis van Gaal’s Premier League bow," guardian.co.uk:
  New manager, same old story, even if the home crowd would like to trust there is better to come.
1970, Paul Simon, Everywhere I Go I get Slandered
  It's the same old story - everywhere I go I get slandered.