That horrid old chestnut, is that coming up again?

那讨厌的老调又要重弹了吗？

When the old chestnut tree dies, the grafts can be planted in its place.

当老栗子树死后，嫁接的栗子树可以在原地种植。

Over the last year this group has worked very hard to save the old chestnut tree.

在过去的一年里，为拯救这棵古老的栗子树，这个组织非常努力地工作。

Using that old chestnut again, huh?

又是这个听腻了的笑话 哈？

I was just looking, pretty. What's that old chestnut?

我只是看看而已，帅哥？

" That old chestnut" basically refers to a story or something you've heard over and over again and you're now tired of hearing it.

“那句老掉牙的话”基本上指的是一个你听了一遍又一遍，现在听腻了的故事或事情。

So, if I've told you a story many times and you're bored of hearing it, and I start to speak, you might say, " Oh, Anna, not that old chestnut again! "

所以，如果我给你讲了一个故事很多次，你听厌了，我又开始说，你可能会说：“哦，安娜，别再讲那个老掉牙的故事了！”

One papyrologist told me, " I could have spent my career thinking about old chestnuts like the terminal date of Caesar's command, or whatever. But what I love is reading stuff that no one has read before."

一位纸质文献学家告诉我：“我本可以把我的职业生涯花在像凯撒指挥的结束日期之类的老问题上。但我喜欢的是阅读那些之前没有人读过的东西。”