there is nothing new under the sun

== English == === Alternative forms === 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. === Proverb === there is nothing new under the sun There is nothing truly novel in existence; every new idea has some sort of precedent or echo from the past. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === References ===