英语词组an old chestnut是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

an old chestnut a joke, story, or subject that has become tedious and boring as a result of its age and constant repetition.

☞ The most likely source for this sense of chestnut is in the following exchange between two characters, Zavior and Pablo, in William Dimond's play Broken Sword (1816): ZAVIOR…When suddenly from the thick boughs of a cork tree-PABLO. (Jumping up) A chesnut, Captain, a chesnut…Captain, this is the twenty-seventh time I have heard you relate this story, and you invariably said, a chesnut, until now.

词组	an old chestnut
释义	an old chestnut a joke, story, or subject that has become tedious and boring as a result of its age and constant repetition. ☞ The most likely source for this sense of chestnut is in the following exchange between two characters, Zavior and Pablo, in William Dimond's play Broken Sword (1816): ZAVIOR…When suddenly from the thick boughs of a cork tree-PABLO. (Jumping up) A chesnut, Captain, a chesnut…Captain, this is the twenty-seventh time I have heard you relate this story, and you invariably said, a chesnut, until now.
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