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
Consider the old chestnut, “All Greeks are mortal, Socrates is Greek, therefore Socrates is mortal.”
From Salon • Jul. 29, 2024
And they nearly all seem to agree that old chestnut, that "something must be done".
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2023
After dinner he would lean back against the base of an old chestnut oak, put his hands under his head, and watch the aerie.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
