Meaning of no spring chicken | Babel Free
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Examples
“They expect⟳ me to carry⟳ this box myself while climbing the stairs to the seventh floor? I don't know⟳ about that — I'm no spring⟳ chicken.”
“You know⟳ the world. You are no spring⟳ chicken.”
“A real candidate arose to challenge⟳ dapper Robert Rice ("Buncombe Bob") Reynolds, aging coxcomb of the Senate. The candidate, no spring⟳ chicken himself: tall, lean⟳ Clyde Roark Hoey (pronounced Hooey), 65, one of the most popular Governors the state ever had.”
“He doubtless hoped for a sympathetic ruling from President Reagan, at 70 no spring⟳ chicken himself.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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