old school

Language: en

Meaning: Preceded bythe: agroupofpeoplecharacterizedby beingconservativeortraditional; also, amethodforaccomplishingatask, astyle, or awayofthinkingthat wasemployedin aformerera,rememberedeither for itsinferiorityto thecurrentmethod, or for itssuperiorityover thenewway.Antonym:new schoolFamily experts are advocating a change away from theold school, advising parents not to medicate behavioural problems.My mom’s a good baker because she’s of theold school. She’d never buy ready-made cookie dough.1749, [Alain-René Lesage], “Gil Blas Sets Out for the Asturias; Passes through Valladolid, where He Visits His Old Master Doctor Sangrado, and Meets, by Accident, with Signior Manuel Ordonnez, Director of the Hospital.”, in [Tobias George Smollett], transl.,The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, volume IV, London:[…]J. Osborn,[…],→OCLC, book X,page 6:[A]s I am grand nephevv to a phyſician of theold ſchool, give me leave to revolt vvith you againſt chymical medicines.[…]I vvould vvillingly perform the office of executioner to theſe ignorant innovators, of vvhom you complain vvith ſuch eloquence and juſtice.1906(date written),[George] Bernard Shaw, “The Doctor’s Dilemma”, inThe Doctor’s Dilemma, Getting Married, & The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet, London:Constable and Company, published1911,→OCLC, Act I,page23:Aha! Haha! Did I hear from the fireside armchair the bow-wow of theold schooldefending its drugs? Ah, believe me, Paddy, the world would be healthier if every chemist's shop in England were demolished.1915,Thomas Burke, “An Entertainment Night: Round the Halls”, inNights in Town: A London Autobiography, London:George Allen & Unwin[…],page44:Pathetic as its passing is, one cannot honestly regret theold school. I was looking last night at the programme of my very first hall, and received a terrible shock to my time-sense. Where are the snows of yesteryear? Where are the entertainers of 1895?1951April, Stirling Everard, “A Matter of Pedigree”, inThe Railway Magazine, number600, London: Tothill Press,→ISSN,→OCLC, page274:The amount of external pipework is also unusual in a British locomotive, though apparent in the most recent L.M.S.R. designs, such as the Class "4" 2-6-0s; but while lacking the tidiness of theold schoolof British locomotive engineering, this has obvious application for maintenance purposes in present circumstances.; (music)A style ofpopular musicregardedas moreold-fashionedor traditional, or notfollowingnewertrends; specifically (oftenold skool),hip-hoporrap musicof the late 1970s and 1980s (or morerecentmusicof this style) ascontrastedwith newer styles of such music.1992October 5, The Invisible Man, “[W]hat is all this fake shit”, inalt.rap‎[1](Usenet):Rap is not one particular thing. Just like there are many different types of music, there are different types of rap. Hardcore, likeIce Cube, orOldSchool, likethe Sugarhill Gang, are two facets on the gem we call hip hop.

Examples:

EN: "Do you recognize me, my old school friend?
ES: "¿Me reconoces, viejo amigo, de cuando éstudiábamos juntos?
EN: An old school mate of Junichi, Taro Maesaka. He is a student of a commercial high school.
ES: Taro Maesaka, antiguo compañero de Junichi, estudiante de secundaria.
EN: But you know, my Ulli, he's a gentleman of the old school.
ES: - ¡Por supuesto! - ¡Lo ve...!
EN: Rather a brief visit, your old school friend is making.
ES: Qué visita breve que te hace tu viejo amigo.
EN: You'd treat an old school buddy like a cheat?
ES: ¿Tratas a un viejo compinche escolar como a un tramposo?
EN: That's a good treatment too. But it's the old school of medicine.
ES: También es un buen tratamiento, pero de la vieja escuela.
EN: And brought along an old school chum of mine and some of his boys.
ES: Y he traído a un amigo del cole y a sus chicos.
EN: It's Mitzi. My old school chum Mitzi.
ES: Es Mitzi, mi mejor amiga del colegio.
EN: But I'm of the old school.
ES: Pero yo soy de la vieja escuela.
EN: I just said that if I ever told my mother the way he treated me she'd take me out of his old school.
ES: Le he dicho que si le contara a mi madre la forma en que me trata ella me sacaría de esta escuela.
EN: Two gentlemen of the old school.
ES: Dos caballeros de la vieja escuela.
EN: I'm always happy to meet up with a gambler of the old school.
ES: Siempre me alegra conocer a un jugador de la vieja guarda.
EN: We're old school friends and I don't remember seeing you at the convent!
ES: Y no recuerdo que fuéramos al convento juntas.
EN: - A gentleman of the old school, Marie.
ES: - Un caballero de la vieja escuela, Marie.
EN: Call me Mrs. Wang, or by my old school name.
ES: Llámame Mrs. Wang, o por mi viejo nombre del colegio.

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