no spring chicken

Definition

Said of a person who is no longer particularly young.

Etymology

From the description of a young person as a spring chicken.

Example Sentences

• "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."