the wrong side of forty

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Both ladies were on the wrong side of forty, but their dress was that of young girls.

From Mr. Standfast by Buchan, John

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

I should take you, p. 60sir, begging your pardon, to be but a very little way on the wrong side of forty.’

From Dickory Dock by Meade, L. T.

He is still a young man, being only just on the wrong side of forty.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 15, 1916 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

He was also a fine seaman, but the wrong side of forty.

From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Bullen, Frank T.