"there is nothing new under the sun" meaning in English

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        "4": "",
        "5": "there is nothing new under the sun",
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  "etymology_text": "Calque of Latin nihil sub sōle novum, itself a calque from the Hebrew אֵין כָּל חָדָשׁ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ (en kol chadásh táchat hashámesh, “there is nothing new under the sun”).",
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        "There is nothing truly novel in existence; every new idea has some sort of precedent or echo from the past."
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          "word": "everything old is new again"
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          "word": "nothing is said that has not been said before"
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          "word": "SSDD"
        },
        {
          "word": "the more things change, the more they stay the same"
        }
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        {
          "word": "nothing new under the sun"
        }
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "فليس تحت الشمس جديد"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "arewi tak očʿ mi nor ban čʿka",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "արևի տակ ոչ մի նոր բան չկա"
        },
        {
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "ezer berririk eguzkiaren azpian"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ništo novo pod slǎnceto",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "нищо ново под слънцето"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "no hi ha res de nou sota el sol"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "日光之下並無新事"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "jat⁶ gwong¹ zi¹ haa⁶ bing⁶ mou⁴ san¹ si⁶",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "日光之下并无新事"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "日光之下並無新事"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "rìguāng zhī xià bìng wú xīn shì",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "日光之下并无新事"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "nic nového pod sluncem"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "intet nyt under solen"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "niets nieuws onder de zon"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "nenio nova sub la suno"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "ei mitään uutta auringon alla"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "ei uutta auringon alla"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "rien de nouveau sous le soleil"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "nada novo baixo o sol"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "araperia mzis kveš axali",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "არაფერია მზის ქვეშ ახალი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "nichts Neues unter der Sonne"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "oudén kainón ypó ton ílion",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "ουδέν καινόν υπό τον ήλιον"
        },
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "ouk ésti pân prósphaton hupò tòn hḗlion",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "οὐκ ἔστι πᾶν πρόσφατον ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον"
        },
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "אין כל חדש תחת השמש"
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        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "אין חדש תחת השמש"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "nincs új a nap alatt"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "niente di nuovo sotto il sole"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hi no shita ni atarashiki mono nashi",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "日の下に新しきものなし"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "nihil sub sole novum"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "nihil sub sole novi"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "tas nav nekas jauns"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "nieko naujo po saule"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "intet nytt under solen"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "ingenting nytt under sola"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "هیچ چیز جدیدی در زیر خورشید نیست"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "nic nowego pod słońcem"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "nada de novo sob o sol"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "nada de novo debaixo do sol"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "nimic nou sub soare"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ništo ne novo pod lunoj",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "ничто не ново под луной"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "nema ništa novo pod suncem"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "нема ништа ново под сунцем"
        },
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "nič nové pod slnkom"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "nič novega pod soncem"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "nada nuevo bajo el sol"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "inget nytt under solen"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ničoho novoho pid soncem",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "нічого нового під сонцем"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "there is nothing new",
          "word": "dim byd newydd dan yr haul"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "there is nothing new under the sun"
}

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        "5": "there is nothing new under the sun",
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  "etymology_text": "Calque of Latin nihil sub sōle novum, itself a calque from the Hebrew אֵין כָּל חָדָשׁ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ (en kol chadásh táchat hashámesh, “there is nothing new under the sun”).",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "everything old is new again"
    },
    {
      "word": "nothing is said that has not been said before"
    },
    {
      "word": "SSDD"
    },
    {
      "word": "the more things change, the more they stay the same"
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    {
      "word": "nothing new under the sun"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "فليس تحت الشمس جديد"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "arewi tak očʿ mi nor ban čʿka",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "արևի տակ ոչ մի նոր բան չկա"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "ezer berririk eguzkiaren azpian"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ništo novo pod slǎnceto",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "нищо ново под слънцето"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "no hi ha res de nou sota el sol"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "日光之下並無新事"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "jat⁶ gwong¹ zi¹ haa⁶ bing⁶ mou⁴ san¹ si⁶",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "日光之下并无新事"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "日光之下並無新事"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "rìguāng zhī xià bìng wú xīn shì",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "日光之下并无新事"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "nic nového pod sluncem"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "intet nyt under solen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "niets nieuws onder de zon"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "nenio nova sub la suno"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "ei mitään uutta auringon alla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "ei uutta auringon alla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "rien de nouveau sous le soleil"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "nada novo baixo o sol"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "araperia mzis kveš axali",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "არაფერია მზის ქვეშ ახალი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "nichts Neues unter der Sonne"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "oudén kainón ypó ton ílion",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "ουδέν καινόν υπό τον ήλιον"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ouk ésti pân prósphaton hupò tòn hḗlion",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "οὐκ ἔστι πᾶν πρόσφατον ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "אין כל חדש תחת השמש"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "אין חדש תחת השמש"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "nincs új a nap alatt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "niente di nuovo sotto il sole"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hi no shita ni atarashiki mono nashi",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "日の下に新しきものなし"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "nihil sub sole novum"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "nihil sub sole novi"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "tas nav nekas jauns"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "nieko naujo po saule"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "intet nytt under solen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "ingenting nytt under sola"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "هیچ چیز جدیدی در زیر خورشید نیست"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "nic nowego pod słońcem"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "nada de novo sob o sol"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "nada de novo debaixo do sol"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "nimic nou sub soare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ništo ne novo pod lunoj",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "ничто не ново под луной"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "nema ništa novo pod suncem"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "нема ништа ново под сунцем"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "nič nové pod slnkom"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "nič novega pod soncem"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "nada nuevo bajo el sol"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "inget nytt under solen"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ničoho novoho pid soncem",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "нічого нового під сонцем"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "there is nothing new",
      "word": "dim byd newydd dan yr haul"
    }
  ],
  "word": "there is nothing new under the sun"
}