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• long in the tooth — If someone is long in the tooth, they are a bit too old to do something …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• long in the tooth — ► long in the tooth rather old. [ORIGIN: originally said of horses, from the recession of the gums with age.] Main Entry: ↑long …   English terms dictionary

• long in the tooth — phrasal : past one s best days : old as fighters go, he is a sere and yellowed leaf and long in the tooth Gilbert Millstein * * * long in the tooth Elderly, like a horse whose gums are receding with age • • • Main Entry: ↑tooth * * * long in the… …   Useful english dictionary

• long in the tooth —    If someone is long in the tooth, they are a bit too old to do something.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    A person who is long in the tooth is a bit too old to do something.     She s a bit long in the tooth for a cabaret dancer, isn t… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• long in the tooth — adjective Old, aged. His cousin was now of more than middle age. . . . She was lean, and yellow, and long in the tooth. See Also: dont look a gift horse in the mouth …   Wiktionary

• long in the tooth — old, aged, over the hill    Jack is a good pitcher, but he s long in the tooth too old …   English idioms

• long in the tooth old —    Horses are aged by the recession of their gums:     ... he wanted to link up with some nice little bit less long in the tooth. (Christie, 1939) …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• long in the tooth — to be very old. Don t you think she s a bit long in the tooth to be a romantic heroine? Etymology: based on the idea that teeth grow longer in some animals as they get older …   New idioms dictionary

• long in the tooth — humorous rather old I m a bit long in the tooth to be looking for a girlfriend …   English dictionary

• Long in the tooth —   If someone is long in the tooth, they are a bit too old to do something …   Dictionary of English idioms

• be long in the tooth — humorous to be too old. I d have thought she was a bit long in the tooth to be starring as the romantic heroine …   New idioms dictionary