| Some tenants had asked for an old chestnut paling fence that once surrounded the gardens to be replaced. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| His workplace relations minister begrudges a modest pay rise for the lowly paid, trotting out the hoary old chestnut that better pay costs jobs. |
| There is that old chestnut about people having to decide they want this guy to be in their TV rooms for the next four years. |
| That old chestnut about acrylic being available in a greater variety of shapes than steel enamel stopped mattering years ago. |
