vieux jeu
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of vieux jeu
literally: old game
Example Sentences
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In English, at least, this all seems a tad vieux jeu.
From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2012
What you do is excellent, mon cher; but it is vieux jeu.
From The Mountebank by Locke, William John
Even gallantry with its mimic of being jealous and its pretended constancy was vieux jeu.
From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Saltus, Edgar
"Poor dear papa, he only understands le vieux jeu!"
From The Reverberator by James, Henry
One couldn't be caught by such vieux jeu as that!
From Sir George Tressady — Volume II by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
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