old chestnut

There was the old chestnut of a botched restart reception; there were forced passes and hesitant defence.

The Old Chestnut of Sint-Rafaël in Belgium is a 150– to 200-year-old witness to the history of Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor.

Wilson told me about an old chestnut that’s often repeated in the genealogy community: “All people die twice. The first time is when their heart stops beating. The second time is when people forget about them.”

Not that old chestnut again...

It wasn’t; it was a hoary old chestnut that had already proved its inadequacy.