2009년 6월 26일 금요일

long in the tooth

also long of 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

.... Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms,

  • Aren't I a bit long in the tooth to start being an undergraduate?
... Cobuild

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