| 单词 | over the hill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasover the hill e. over the hill: having passed the prime in professional ability, physical beauty, etc. Chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > old (of beings, etc.) oldeOE winteredeOE oldlyOE over-oldOE eldernc1175 at-oldc1200 stricken on, in age, in eldec1380 oldlya1382 (well, far, etc.) stepped in age, in or into yearsc1386 ancientc1400 aged1420 well-agedc1450 ripec1480 passing oldc1485 (well) shot in years1530 old aged1535 agey1547 Ogygian1567 strucken1576 oldish1580 stricken in yearsa1586 declined1591 far1591 struck1597 Nestorian1605 overripe1605 elderly1611 eld1619 antiquated1631 enaged1631 thorough-old1639 emerita1643 grandevous1647 magnaevous1727 badgerly1753 (as) old as the hills1819 olden days1823 crusted1833 long in the tooth1841 oldened1854 mature1867 over the hill1950 1950 N.Y. Herald Tribune 6 Dec. 35/2 He has lost his punch... He's a lot farther over the hill than I was when I hung up the gloves in 1927. 1952 M. R. Rinehart Swimming Pool xxxii. 259 The flawless skin goes, the lovely eyes fade, and she knows she is over the hill. 1957 I. Cross God Boy (1958) xxiii. 197 As they say about boxers who are getting on in years, she is over the hill. 1962 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 17 June 20/3 Must you feel ‘over the hill’ after 40? 1972 H. Kemelman Monday Rabbi took Off ii. 24 When a rabbi gets to be around fifty, his chances of getting another job are not so good. He's like over the hill. < as lemmas |
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