Or if a person is not so young any more, you might say, “He’s ________.”
NR | 122 |
GETTING OLD | 81 |
GETTING ALONG IN YEARS | 66 |
GETTING ALONG | 49 |
GETTING ON | 47 |
OVER THE HILL | 47 |
NO SPRING CHICKEN | 46 |
GETTING UP IN YEARS | 44 |
GETTING UP THERE | 38 |
GETTING UP IN AGE | 36 |
GETTING ALONG IN AGE | 29 |
GETTING ON IN YEARS | 29 |
AGING | 28 |
SHOWING HIS AGE | 20 |
PRETTY NEAR SEVENTY | 19 |
GETTING ON IN AGE | 16 |
PRETTY NEAR (AGE) | 16 |
PUSHING (AGE) | 14 |
GETTING THERE | 12 |
UP IN YEARS | 12 |
NOT AS YOUNG AS HE USED TO BE | 11 |
GETTING OLDER | 9 |
GETTING UP | 8 |
GROWING OLD | 8 |
ALMOST SIXTY | 7 |
OLD | 7 |
ANCIENT | 6 |
NEARING (AGE) | 6 |
PAST HIS PRIME | 6 |
ELDERLY | 5 |
GETTING ON UP IN AGE | 5 |
NOT A SPRING CHICKEN | 5 |
OVER THE HUMP | 5 |
PUSHING SIXTY | 5 |
AGED | 4 |
OVER SIXTY | 4 |
PUSHING SEVENTY | 4 |
UP IN AGE | 4 |
BEGINNING TO SHOW HIS AGE | 3 |
GETTING AGED | 3 |
GETTING FEEBLE | 3 |
GETTING ON UP | 3 |
GETTING UP THERE IN AGE | 3 |
NOT A SPRING CHICKEN ANY MORE | 3 |
PAST SIXTY | 3 |
SEEN HIS BEST DAYS | 3 |
UP THERE | 3 |
ABOUT SIXTY | 2 |
AGING FAST | 2 |
AIN’T WHAT HE USED TO BE | 2 |
ALONG IN YEARS | 2 |
CLIMBING UP THERE | 2 |
CLOSE TO | 2 |
CROWDING SIXTY | 2 |
EVER BIT SIXTY | 2 |
GETTING ALONG TOWARD | 2 |
GETTING ALONG YEARS | 2 |
GETTING OLDER EVERY DAY | 2 |
GETTING ON TOWARD | 2 |
GETTING ON UP IN YEARS | 2 |
GETTING PRETTY OLD | 2 |
GETTING SENILE | 2 |
GETTING SOME AGE ON HIM | 2 |
GETTING TO BE AN OLD MAN | 2 |
GETTING UP YEARS | 2 |
GOING DOWNHILL | 2 |
GOING OVER THE HILL | 2 |
HAD IT | 2 |
IN HIS DOTAGE | 2 |
LONG IN THE TOOTH | 2 |
LOSING HIS PEP | 2 |
MIDDLE AGE | 2 |
NEAR SIXTY | 2 |
NEVER SEE SEVENTY AGAIN | 2 |
NO CHICKEN | 2 |
NO YOUNG CHICKEN | 2 |
NOT A CHICKEN ANY MORE | 2 |
NOT GETTING ANY YOUNGER | 2 |
NOT SO YOUNG ANY MORE | 2 |
OLD AS METHUSELAH | 2 |
OLD MAN | 2 |
OLD-TIMER | 2 |
PAST SEVENTY | 2 |
SEEN BETTER DAYS | 2 |
SENILE | 2 |
SENIOR CITIZEN | 2 |
SIXTYISH | 2 |
SLIPPING | 2 |
SLOWIN’ UP | 2 |
SLOWING DOWN | 2 |
WEARING OUT | 2 |
ABOUT SEVENTY | 1 |
ABOUT TO THE ROW’S END | 1 |
ACTS LIKE OVER SIXTY | 1 |
ADDED UP THE YEARS | 1 |
AGE IS CREEPING ON | 1 |
A-GETTING DECREPIT | 1 |
AGING A LITTLE BIT | 1 |
A-HITTING THE SIXTIES | 1 |
AIN’T AS YOUNG AS HE USED TO BE | 1 |
AIN’T NO KID | 1 |
AIN’T SO YOUNG AS HE USED TO BE | 1 |
ALL OF SIXTY | 1 |
ALMOST (AGE) | 1 |
ALMOST AT THE END OF HIS ROPE | 1 |
ALMOST OUT OF MILEAGE | 1 |
ALMOST SEVENTY | 1 |
ALONG IN AGE | 1 |
ANTIQUE | 1 |
APPROACHING OLD AGE | 1 |
AROUND EIGHTY | 1 |
AROUND SEVENTY | 1 |
AROUND SIXTY | 1 |
AT HIS ROW’S END | 1 |
AT LEAST SIXTY | 1 |
BEANPOLE | 1 |
BECOMING INACTIVE | 1 |
BREAKING | 1 |
BREAKING FAST | 1 |
CAN’T TAKE IT | 1 |
CHASING (AGE) | 1 |
CLIMBING THE LADDER | 1 |
CLIMBING UP | 1 |
CLOSE TO EIGHTY | 1 |
CLOSE TO SIXTY | 1 |
CLOSER TO SEVENTY THAN HE IS TO SIXTY | 1 |
COMING UP IN AGE | 1 |
CRAWLING UP | 1 |
CROWDING (AGE) | 1 |
CROWDING EIGHTY | 1 |
CROWDING SEVENTY | 1 |
DECREPIT | 1 |
DOESN’T SHOW HER YEARS | 1 |
DONE ONE OVER THE TOP | 1 |
DON’T SHOW THEIR AGE | 1 |
DRAGGY | 1 |
DRAWIN’ HIS CHECKS | 1 |
EDGING (AGE) | 1 |
FEELING HIS AGE | 1 |
GAY OLD DOG | 1 |
GETTING ABOUT WORE OUT | 1 |
GETTING AGE ON HIM | 1 |
GETTING AGEY | 1 |
GETTING ALONG ON (AGE) | 1 |
GETTING ALONG ON UP IN | 1 |
GETTING ALONG THERE | 1 |
GETTING ALONG UP IN AGE | 1 |
GETTING ANCIENT | 1 |
GETTING AROUND SIXTY | 1 |
GETTING CLOSE TO (AGE) | 1 |
GETTING CLOSE TO SIXTY | 1 |
GETTING COLD | 1 |
GETTING DECREPIT | 1 |
GETTING DOTY | 1 |
GETTING DOWN THE SHADY | 1 |
GETTING IN THE BRACKETS | 1 |
GETTING ‘LONG IN YEARS | 1 |
GETTING NEAR SIXTY | 1 |
GETTING NINETY | 1 |
GETTING OLD AND CHILDISH | 1 |
GETTING OLDER BY THE DAY | 1 |
GETTING ON IN LIFE | 1 |
GETTING ON TOWARD SEVENTY | 1 |
GETTING ON UP THERE | 1 |
GETTING OVER THE HILL | 1 |
GETTING PAST HIS PRIME | 1 |
GETTING PAST MIDDLE AGE | 1 |
GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO SEVENTY | 1 |
GETTING PRETTY FEEBLE | 1 |
GETTING PRETTY NEAR EIGHTY | 1 |
GETTING PRETTY NEAR TO SIXTY | 1 |
GETTING PRETTY WELL ALONG | 1 |
GETTING PRETTY WELL UP | 1 |
GETTING SOME AGE | 1 |
GETTING SOMEWHERE TO SIXTY | 1 |
GETTING TO A RIPE OLD AGE | 1 |
GETTING TO BE AN OLD-TIMER | 1 |
GETTING TOWARD THE END OF THE LINE | 1 |
GETTING UP THE HILL | 1 |
GETTING UP THERE IN YEARS | 1 |
GETTING UP YONDER | 1 |
GETTING WAY UP IN AGE | 1 |
GETTING WAY UP THERE | 1 |
GETTING WELL ON IN YEARS | 1 |
GETTING YEARS | 1 |
GITTIN’ ALONG IN YEARS | 1 |
GITTIN’ OLD | 1 |
GITTIN’ OLDER | 1 |
GITTIN’ UP IN YEARS | 1 |
GITTING ALONG IN YEARS | 1 |
GITTING OLDER | 1 |
GOIN’ ON NINETY | 1 |
GOING | 1 |
GOING DOWN THE OTHER SIDE | 1 |
GOING DOWN THE SHORT SIDE | 1 |
GOING ON NINETY | 1 |
GOING ON SIXTY | 1 |
GOING ON TO NINETY | 1 |
GOING UP IN YEARS | 1 |
GOT A FOOT IN THE GRAVE | 1 |
GOT ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE | 1 |
“GOT ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE, THE OTHER ON A BANANA PEELING” | 1 |
GOT TOO MANY MILES ON HIM | 1 |
HALF THROUGH | 1 |
HANGING ON WELL | 1 |
HAS ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE | 1 |
HAS TWO FEET IN THE GRAVE | 1 |
HIS AGE IS BEGINNING TO SHOW | 1 |
HIS AGE IS TELLING ON HIM | 1 |
HITTING SIXTY | 1 |
HITTING THE GOLDEN YEARS | 1 |
HOLDS ON WELL | 1 |
IN HIS LATE FIFTIES | 1 |
IN HIS NINETIES | 1 |
IN HIS SIXTIES | 1 |
IN HIS SUNSET YEARS | 1 |
IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE | 1 |
IS NO SPRING CHICKEN | 1 |
IS ON HIS LAST LEG | 1 |
JUST ABOUT HAD IT | 1 |
KICKING SIXTY | 1 |
LITTLE OVER THE HILL | 1 |
LIVING ON BORROWED TIME | 1 |
LOSIN’ HIS GRIP | 1 |
LOSING PEP | 1 |
MIGHT BE SEVENTY | 1 |
MUST BE VERY OLD | 1 |
NEAR EIGHTY | 1 |
NEAR EIGHTY-FIVE | 1 |
NEAR NINETY | 1 |
NEAR SEVENTY | 1 |
NEAR TO SEVENTY | 1 |
NEARING THE CENTURY MARK | 1 |
NEARING THE END | 1 |
NEARLY NINETY | 1 |
NEARLY SEVENTY | 1 |
NEARLY SIXTY | 1 |
NEVER SEE (AGE) AGAIN | 1 |
NEVER SEE SEVENTY-NINE ANYMORE | 1 |
NEVER SEE SIXTY | 1 |
NEVER SEE SIXTY AGAIN | 1 |
NIGH ON TO EIGHT | 1 |
NIGH ON TO NINETY | 1 |
NIGH SEVENTY | 1 |
NO YOUNG CHICKEN ANY MORE | 1 |
NO YOUNGSTER | 1 |
NOT A BOY ANY MORE | 1 |
NOT A CHICKEN NO MORE | 1 |
NOT A CHILD ANY MORE | 1 |
NOT A KID ANY MORE | 1 |
NOT A SPRING CHICKEN NO MORE | 1 |
NOT A YOUNG THING ANY MORE | 1 |
NOT AS YOUNG AS HE USED TO WAS | 1 |
NOT PEPPY NO MORE | 1 |
NOT SO YOUNG | 1 |
NOT YOUNG ANY MORE | 1 |
OLD AGE IS CREEPING UP | 1 |
OLD AS METHUSALEM | 1 |
OLD AS THE HILLS | 1 |
OLD BASTARD | 1 |
OLD BUCK | 1 |
OLD CODGER | 1 |
OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE | 1 |
OLD FOR HIS AGE | 1 |
OLD GRAY MARE SHE AIN’T WHAT SHE USED TO BE | 1 |
OLD GRAY MARE’S NOT WHAT SHE USED TO BE | 1 |
OLD HAND | 1 |
OLDER | 1 |
OLDER THAN HE LOOKS | 1 |
OLDER THAN YOU THINK | 1 |
OLD-FOLKIFIED | 1 |
OLDSTER | 1 |
ON HIS LAST LEG | 1 |
ON HIS LAST LEGS | 1 |
ON THE DOWNHILL SIDE | 1 |
ON THE SHADY SIDE | 1 |
ON THE SUNNY SIDE | 1 |
ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE | 1 |
ONE FOOT ON A BANANA PEEL AND THE OTHER IN THE GRAVE | 1 |
ONE OF THE OLD BREED | 1 |
OVER EIGHTY | 1 |
OVER SEVENTY | 1 |
OVER THE HILLS | 1 |
OVER THE LINE | 1 |
PAST HER PRIME | 1 |
PAST MIDDLE AGE | 1 |
PAST THE PRIME | 1 |
PAST THIRTY-NINE | 1 |
PLAYING ON BORROWED TIME | 1 |
PRETTY FAR ALONG IN YEARS | 1 |
PRETTY NEAR | 1 |
PRETTY NEAR SEVENTY-THREE | 1 |
PRETTY OLD | 1 |
PUR NEAR (AGE) | 1 |
PUSHING ALONG | 1 |
PUSHING AT SEVENTY | 1 |
PUSHING MEDICARE | 1 |
PUSHING UP THERE | 1 |
QUITE ELDERLY | 1 |
READY FOR THE MEAT-WAGON | 1 |
RIDING SIXTY | 1 |
SEEN SO MANY SNOWS | 1 |
SEEN YOUNGER DAYS | 1 |
SLOWED DOWN | 1 |
SLOWED UP | 1 |
SLOWING UP | 1 |
SPRY FOR HIS AGE | 1 |
SURE GETTING UP THERE NOW | 1 |
TOO OLD TO CUT THE MUSTARD | 1 |
TOO OLD TO VOTE | 1 |
TOWARD SIXTY | 1 |
UP IN HIS YEARS | 1 |
UP IN THE YEARS | 1 |
UP’ER IN YEARS | 1 |
WAY OUT | 1 |
WAY PAST SIXTY | 1 |
WAY UP THERE | 1 |
WELL ALONG | 1 |
WELL ON IN YEARS | 1 |
WORE OUT | 1 |
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