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old chestnut
idiom informal
a subject, idea, or joke that has been discussed or repeated so often that it is not funny any more: 老掉牙的话题（或想法、笑话）
I wondered whether there might, after all, be some truth in the old chestnut that one's school days are the happiest of one's life.老话说学生时代是人一生中最幸福的时光，我在想这话是否有些道理。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Tedious and uninspiring
(as) dull as ditchwateridiom
anonymous
banal
banally
basic
marginal
marmoreal
meh
menial
menially
staidly
stale
staleness
stodgily
stodgy
watch paint dryidiom
watch the clockidiom
wearisome
wearisomely
weary
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