old chestnut
Example Sentences
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Investors are returning from the long weekend with some optimism as that old chestnut — hopes for an Iran peace pact — is helping push bond yields lower and stock futures higher.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
Steven Skybell, magnificent in the role of the besieged patriarch, led a superb cast that brought a new understanding to an old chestnut through the force of Yiddish language and culture.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025
There was the old chestnut of a botched restart reception; there were forced passes and hesitant defence.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025
Consider the old chestnut, “All Greeks are mortal, Socrates is Greek, therefore Socrates is mortal.”
From Salon • Jul. 29, 2024
He was watching them from a distance, half hidden in the shadow of one of the old chestnut trees that grew near the house.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
