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no spring chicken no spring chickenslang No longer young or youthful. (A "spring chicken" refers to a young chicken.) I'm no spring chicken, so I can't stay out till 2 AM drinking and dancing anymore.See also: chicken, no, springno spring chickenFig. a person well past youth; an old person. That actress is no spring chicken, but she does a pretty good job of playing a twenty-year-old girl. Jane: How old do you think Robert is? Jill: Well, he's certainly no spring chicken.See also: chicken, no, springno spring chickenNo longer a young person, as in Sally's no spring chicken, but she plays a fine game of tennis. This unflattering expression, often applied to women, has been used since the early 1700s, although spring was omitted from the earliest citation (1711). See also: chicken, no, springno spring chicken or not a spring chicken If someone is no spring chicken or is not a spring chicken, they are no longer young. At 51, she's certainly no spring chicken. At 85, he's not a spring chicken, but Enrico Cuccia is busier than ever. Note: If you describe someone as a spring chicken, you mean that they are young. By comparison with the others, DelGuercio is a spring chicken. Note: A spring chicken was a young chicken that was ready to be eaten in the spring time, as opposed to an older bird. See also: chicken, no, springno (spring) chicken not a young person. euphemistic 2005 Molly Hart Road to Ruination She must've been in at least her mid-forties, she was no spring chicken, but she looked good for her age. See also: chicken, no |