Do you ever hear someone cut loose with an old saying or figure of speech that brings a blast from the past?
I heard a man say to a colleague last week, "Your getting a little long in the tooth for that." I haven't heard that one in a long while.
Do you know what "long in the tooth" refers to? No fair searching Google - ok, go ahead - I won't tell.
Interesting...(I'd never heard that phrase before so I had to investigate):
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Old, especially of horses or people.
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Horses's teeth, unlike humans', continue to grow with age. They also wear down with use, but the changes in the characteristics of the teeth over time make it possible to make a rough estimate of a horse's age by examining them.
ding, ding, ding! the winner is Trish!
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