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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