nothing new under the sun

Cultural  

1. A phrase adapted from the Book of Ecclesiastes; the author complains frequently in the book about the monotony of life. The entire passage reads, “The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.”

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nothing new under the sun Idioms  

1. Everything has been seen before, as in Those designs take me back to the 1950s—there really is nothing new under the sun. This world-weary view was already expressed in 1382 in the Bible translation attributed to John Wycliffe's followers: “No thing under the sun is new” (Ecclesiastes 1:9).

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Example Sentences

The tsunami of AI slop and the attendant hand-wringing reminds us, indeed, that “there is nothing new under the sun,” as the Book of Ecclesiastes put it.

From Los Angeles Times

‘There’s nothing new under the sun’ suggests that human nature doesn’t change,” Burns told me.

From Salon

As the Book of Ecclesiastes tells us, there was nothing new under the sun.

From Los Angeles Times

"There is nothing new under the sun compared to the previous editions," she said.

From BBC

There’s nothing new under the sun, but the best and only thing you can truly offer is your authentic self.

From Los Angeles Times