the wrong side of forty

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Here we are, two men considerably on the wrong side of forty.

From The King's Own by Marryat, Frederick

He stared at the moonlit night, his eyes full of a wistfulness that was extraordinarily boyish in a man on the wrong side of forty.

From Poppy The Story of a South African Girl by Stockley, Cynthia

"You do not think the term strong enough? but when a man gets on the wrong side of forty it is, I think, as much as he can expect."

From The Vicar of Wrexhill by Trollope, Mrs

Simpson, though on the wrong side of forty, well off and eminently lovable, was unmarried.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 by Various

I never thought it would come to this with me, considering that I am now on the wrong side of forty.

From To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story by Wicks, Mark