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old chestnut
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Originally as chestnut, with “old” for emphasis. Popularized US 1880s, particularly Northeast and Midwest, with various theories propounded.
A commonly cited theory, viewed by the Oxford English Dictionary as “plausible” and cited by Brewer’s, is that it was coined by Boston comedic actor William Warren Jr., quoting from 1816 English melodrama The Broken Sword by William Dimond. One of the characters in the play is a boor, and when once recounting a tale mentions a cork tree, which is corrected by the character Pablo as “A chestnut. I have heard you tell the tale these 27 times.” This line was then apparently quoted at a dinner party by Warren in response to a boor there, and proved popular. Note that William Warren Sr. had previously played Pablo on stage, but died in 1832, so the phrase was presumably popularized by the son, William Warren Jr.[1]
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old chestnut (複数形 old chestnuts)
- (idiomatic) A well-worn story.
- 1905, Joseph Alexander Altsheler, chapter V, in The Candidate, page 72:
- "How's the speech to-night?" he asked, languidly; "same old chestnuts, I suppose." "As this is Mr. Grayson's second speech," replied Harley, sharply, "it is a little early to call anything that he says 'same old chestnuts.' Besides, I don't think that repetition will ever be one of his faults. Why haven't you been here?"
使用する際の注意点
Often used disapprovingly, to imply “a tired old story”, but also used approvingly to introduce an aphorism – “as the old chestnut goes, …”.
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- ^ Horse-Feathers & Other Curious Words Funk
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Furukuri no ki no furukirikuchi (the old cut end of an old chestnut tree).発音を聞く 例文帳に追加
古栗の木の古切り口。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス
Ohho! that old chestnut?例文帳に追加
また、あの古臭い昔話を? - 映画・海外ドラマ英語字幕翻訳辞書
The chestnut tree is now 150 years old and is suffering badly from a fungus.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加
トチノキは現在樹齢150年で，かびでひどく弱っている。 - 浜島書店 Catch a Wave
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