spring chicken

Definition

A chicken for eating while it is still young.

Etymology

From spring + chicken. First appears c. 1765 in The Public Advertiser.

Example Sentences

• "It is a special day for you indeed, for both of us, bodies incorporeal, receptive always to life's joys appreciative in any way I can, you like to remind me were both getting old; I'd remind you that, at fifty-five, you're still a spring chicken."