Examples of 'old chestnut' in a sentence

Meaning of "old chestnut"

old chestnut - This phrase is often used to describe a joke, story, or idea that has been repeated so frequently that it has become stale, predictable, or clichéd. It can also be used more broadly to refer to any overused or well-worn concept or situation
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  • A well-worn story.

How to use "old chestnut" in a sentence

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And very nice to old chestnut vendors.
People can not seem to get enough of that old chestnut.
If only this old chestnut tree could talk.
You are not going to drag that old chestnut in.
Never trust the old chestnut that crooks have beady little eyes.
Let us not forget the old chestnut.
Then there is the old chestnut that has it that our country is losing gold.
You are gonna bring up that old chestnut again.
The old chestnut of harm reduction is only the pebble that sets the landslide rolling.
Oh not that old chestnut again.
Maybe I should just jump to the old chestnut.
A Cossack hiding next to an old chestnut tree survived a duel with a tank.
I hope he 's not going to use that old chestnut.
Not that old chestnut.
That old chestnut is still making the rounds?

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Do you know that old chestnut.
And spare us that old chestnut about how your father did this, too.
Something to remind me of the old chestnut and gray.
The old chestnut is still true, Consoles offer simplicity, while PCs offer customization.
I done roasted that old chestnut.
This old Chestnut.
I taught her this old chestnut.
What 's that old chestnut got to do with it?
Falling back on the old chestnut.
Dean told us that old chestnut when I was in med school, too.
Do we have to do this old chestnut.
And let us not forget the old chestnut sloppy drunk dressed as Frankenstein.
Tell us, or we will leave you hanging like an old chestnut.
This is an old chestnut.
Touching your knee instead of the gear stick, that old chestnut.
But you remember that old chestnut that goes.
A loan secured by the mortgage on this property. That old chestnut.
Steel is an old chestnut.
Chestnut is a British slang term for an old joke, often as old chestnut.
It is a beautiful yard with an old chestnut tree just oustide the window.
They raised me to be evil . You know that old chestnut.
Maybe I should just jump to the old chestnut where you tell me what you desire.
Zevlos must have assumed his identity. That old chestnut.
The dean told us that old chestnut when I was in med school too.
As long as you live under our roof, This old chestnut.
Do not hesitate to visit the Old Chestnut tree that is located in Baamonde.
Good, because I done roasted that old chestnut.
Yes, the symbolism of the old chestnut tree shattered by lightning.
I'm not gonna fall for that old chestnut.
Overlooking the hundred-year old chestnut trees of the surrounding gardens.
What else would it be about? It 's that old chestnut.
That old chestnut worked again?
There you go with that old chestnut again.
That old chestnut coming up again?
Chuckles that old chestnut.

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One in chestnut brown and one in gray
One almost never sees chestnut anymore
All the chestnut trees will be in blossom
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Examples of using Old
It involves some old and forgotten papers
The old legends do speak of such creatures
This is the old man right here
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