spring chicken
Example Sentences
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“I mean, I’m 40 years old. I know I’m not a spring chicken anymore.”
From Seattle Times • May 11, 2024
It is worth noting that Trọng himself is no spring chicken, at 79 years old.
From Slate • Sep. 11, 2023
Yet Ertz is a spring chicken compared with Megan Rapinoe who, at 38, is the oldest woman on the U.S. roster and one of 10 players older than 30.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2023
At 71, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is a relative spring chicken.
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2022
“Besides, think of your future. You’re no spring chicken at sixty-nine, and very soon, you’re going to be where you don’t make the rules.”
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.