Crème de quoi?
8th Nov 2005, 18:02 GMT
How would you translate the expression 'an old chestnut'? I'm sure it wouldn't refer to marrons as the French never seem to get tired of this particular nut. I must be half-French now since I've spent all fall hunting for them.
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