| His workplace relations minister begrudges a modest pay rise for the lowly paid, trotting out the hoary old chestnut that better pay costs jobs. |
| I know this is an old chestnut, written by loads of people ad infinitum but for now humour me. |
| Sprouts in old chestnut clearings are often allowed to remain, and sometimes they are grafted to the improved varieties. |
| Some tenants had asked for an old chestnut paling fence that once surrounded the gardens to be replaced. |
| That old chestnut about acrylic being available in a greater variety of shapes than steel enamel stopped mattering years ago. |
| 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. |
