常じょう用よう手しゅ段だん

noun

usual practice; old trick; modus operandi; same old tactic

Refers to a person's habitual method or tactic, often with a slightly negative or critical nuance when describing a repeated trick or scheme.

• 彼かれの常じょう用よう手しゅ段だんは、まず相あい手てを褒ほめてから頼たのみ事ごとをすることだ。

  His usual tactic is to first compliment the other person and then ask a favor.

• またその常じょう用よう手しゅ段だんか。いい加か減げん学がく習しゅうしたらどうだ。

  That old trick again? Why don't you learn your lesson already?