be long in the tooth
informalto be old, often too old to do something:
He's a little long in the tooth to be wearing shorts, don't you think?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Describing people who are old
- aged
- ageing
- ageless
- aging
- as old as Methuselah idiom
- elderly
- foot
- for a man/woman/person of his/her years idiom
- gaga
- geriatric
- grand old age idiom
- grey
- have had its/your day idiom
- have one foot in the grave idiom
- hoary
- pensionable
- sprightly
- spry
- superannuated
- year
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