English Explanatory Dictionary

there is nothing new under the sun

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. There is nothing truly novel in existence; every new idea has some sort of precedent or echo from the past.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-there is nothing new under the sun.wav

Word forms

there is nothing new under the sun nothing new under the sun

Etymology

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”) found in Ecclesiastes 1:9.

Related words

everything old is new again nothing is said that has not been said before SSDD the more things change, the more they stay the same
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