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
There was the old chestnut of a botched restart reception; there were forced passes and hesitant defence.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025
It wasn’t; it was a hoary old chestnut that had already proved its inadequacy.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2024
There may be no such thing as bad pizza, as the old chestnut goes, but some pizzas are better than others.
From New York Times • May 13, 2023
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
