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
It wasn’t; it was a hoary old chestnut that had already proved its inadequacy.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2024
Consider the old chestnut, “All Greeks are mortal, Socrates is Greek, therefore Socrates is mortal.”
From Salon • Jul. 29, 2024
This is an old chestnut, but keeping your door open can help to make you look approachable.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2021
Gradually they made their way around the big old chestnut trees into the orchard.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
