long in the tooth
Meaning
Old; aged.
Translations
alt
âgé
vecchio
velho
ajadoEtymology
Possibly from the practice of examining the length of horses’ teeth when estimating their ages: an old horse has long, rectangular incisors, and their occlusion angle is steep. Compare don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
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