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nothing is said that has not been said before

nothing is said that has not been said before is the alternative form of there is nothing new under the sun.

Meaning of there is nothing new under the sun

Proverb

there is nothing new under the sun

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

Questions about nothing is said that has not been said before

What is nothing is said that has not been said before the alternative form of?
Nothing is said that has not been said before is the alternative form of there is nothing new under the sun.

Words near nothing is said that has not been said before in the dictionary

  1. nothing else for it
  2. nothing for it
  3. nothing gold can stay
  4. nothing if not
  5. nothing is certain but death and taxes
  6. nothing is said that has not been said before
  7. nothing less than
  8. nothing like
  9. nothing more than
  10. nothing new under the sun
  11. nothing personal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nothing is said that has not been said before (page history and authors); there is nothing new under the sun (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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