old news

[Nata]

When someone is described as old news, what does this mean?

[flaming]

Well, I should think it is a put-down,  like saying 'you're history' ...... 'gone'......'something in the past.'.. 'finished' ....          

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[flaming]

Dunno what happened there - I didn't type ' &n bsp'

[Joe Shmoe]

It means no one is interested in them any more.

[Ouisch]

It indicates "been there, done that."  As when someone is excited to share with you a hot piece of office gossip, but it turns out you heard about it last week.  "Oh, that's old news," would be your response.