老一套 [
lǎo yí tào]
the same old stuff
the same old story
an outmoded method
- 他们提出老一套的借口为自己的懈怠辩解。
They served up the same old excuse for their slackness. - 僵硬的等级制度中老一套统治和服从关系已经站不住脚。
The old patterns of subordination and domination in an inflexible hierarchy may no longer work well. - 僵硬的等级制度中老一套统治和服从关系已经站不住脚了。
Where the old patterns of subordination and domination in an inflexible hierarchy may no longer work well.