English
Etymology
From the idea of buying a T-shirt at a place visited as a tourist in order to show others that one has been to that place
Idiom
been there, done that, bought the T-shirt
- jocular Expresses the speaker's complete familiarity with a situation, with overtones of cynicism or exhaustion. Abbreviation (in Internet usage): BTDTBTTS
Alternative forms
been there, done that
been there, done that, got the T-shirt
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