This phrase is used when acting out or talking about somthing that has happend in the past. When used at the right moment this is a comical saying.
Conversation Between People
Dave "Ya know Paul, He's back with his ex Nat"
Jeromima "Ohh Not That Old Chestnut
Dave "Ya know Paul, He's back with his ex Nat"
Jeromima "Ohh Not That Old Chestnut
by Dean Horn November 14, 2006
An idea or subject, usually flawed, which perpetually resurfaces in conversation despite having been discussed to death long ago.
A: If evolution is real then how come we never see monkeys turn into humans, huh?
B: Oh god, not that old chestnut...
B: Oh god, not that old chestnut...
by FeO2 August 16, 2011
by bucolicdictionary July 24, 2021
"That old chestnut popped my friend Kristen."
"I'm going to bang a virgin so i can become an old chestnut."
"I'm going to bang a virgin so i can become an old chestnut."
by J easy December 22, 2006