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{
"etymology_text": "Ellipsis for \"I have been there and have done that\".",
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"word": "been there, done that, bought the T-shirt"
}
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"text": "No, I don't wanna go paragliding. Been there, done that. I found it awful.",
"type": "example"
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{
"ref": "2012 May 31, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Review: Snow White And The Huntsman”, in The A.V. Club",
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"ref": "2013, Iris Smyles, Iris Has Free Time, Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, page 7",
"text": "He looked down at my résumé. “Wow, you interned at The New Yorker. Did you apply there?” ¶ “Nope.” ¶ He looked up. ¶ I gave the line a tug. ¶ “I just felt like, ‘been there, done that,’ you know? Also, I dated a few guys in the office so it would've been awkward.”",
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"An assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic and is not too keen on revisiting or redoing it again."
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"(idiomatic, ironic) An assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic and is not too keen on revisiting or redoing it again."
],
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"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "曾經滄海難為水"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "céngjīngcānghǎi nánwéi shuǐ",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "曾经沧海难为水"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "al gezien al gedaan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "se on nähty"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "kokemusta on"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "déjà vu, déjà fait"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "(hab ich) alles schon gemacht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "ist für mich nichts neues"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ítan ekeí, kánei aftó",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "ήταν εκεί, κάνει αυτό"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "ez nekem már nem újdonság"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "ez nekem már megvolt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "nekem ez nem új"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "già visto, già fatto"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "keiken zumi",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "経験済み"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "essa é velha"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ja éto užé vídel",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "я э́то уже́ ви́дел"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "éto dlja menjá ne nóvo",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "э́то для меня́ не но́во"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "bio, probao"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "yo lo hice antes"
}
]
}
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"word": "been there, done that"
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{
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"word": "been there, done that, bought the T-shirt"
}
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"examples": [
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"text": "No, I don't wanna go paragliding. Been there, done that. I found it awful.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2012 May 31, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Review: Snow White And The Huntsman”, in The A.V. Club",
"text": "Huntsman feints at being the Snow White retelling no one has ever seen before, but ultimately becomes the “been there, done that” of fairy-tale filmmaking.",
"type": "quotation"
},
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"ref": "2013, Iris Smyles, Iris Has Free Time, Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, page 7",
"text": "He looked down at my résumé. “Wow, you interned at The New Yorker. Did you apply there?” ¶ “Nope.” ¶ He looked up. ¶ I gave the line a tug. ¶ “I just felt like, ‘been there, done that,’ you know? Also, I dated a few guys in the office so it would've been awkward.”",
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"(idiomatic, ironic) An assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic and is not too keen on revisiting or redoing it again."
],
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"idiomatic",
"ironic"
]
}
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"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "曾經滄海難為水"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "céngjīngcānghǎi nánwéi shuǐ",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "曾经沧海难为水"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "al gezien al gedaan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "se on nähty"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "kokemusta on"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "déjà vu, déjà fait"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "(hab ich) alles schon gemacht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "ist für mich nichts neues"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ítan ekeí, kánei aftó",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "ήταν εκεί, κάνει αυτό"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "ez nekem már nem újdonság"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "ez nekem már megvolt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "nekem ez nem új"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "già visto, già fatto"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "keiken zumi",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "経験済み"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "essa é velha"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ja éto užé vídel",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "я э́то уже́ ви́дел"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "éto dlja menjá ne nóvo",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "э́то для меня́ не но́во"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "bio, probao"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic",
"word": "yo lo hice antes"
}
],
"word": "been there, done that"
}
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