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
Consider the old chestnut, “All Greeks are mortal, Socrates is Greek, therefore Socrates is mortal.”
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2024
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
