英语词汇“an old chestnut”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

an old chestnut

A joke, story, or subject that has become tedious and uninteresting through constant repetition: the subject under discussion is that old chestnut, public or private financing of the arts...

This is an old chestnut of a story, and like the previous similar surveys it has a huge flaw which undermines the result: you don't know if the respondents are telling the truth.
Another barrier comes tumbling down, as that old chestnut about the Germans never making a funny comedy has to be consigned to the history book.
In the past she has denied the old chestnut about women not being as funny as men but today she clearly can't be bothered fighting.

See parent entry: chestnut

单词	an old chestnut
释义	an old chestnut A joke, story, or subject that has become tedious and uninteresting through constant repetition: the subject under discussion is that old chestnut, public or private financing of the arts... This is an old chestnut of a story, and like the previous similar surveys it has a huge flaw which undermines the result: you don't know if the respondents are telling the truth. Another barrier comes tumbling down, as that old chestnut about the Germans never making a funny comedy has to be consigned to the history book. In the past she has denied the old chestnut about women not being as funny as men but today she clearly can't be bothered fighting. See parent entry: chestnut
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