spring chicken
Example Sentences
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While Giada's departure to greener pastures may signal yet another shift, the Food Network is no spring chicken!
From Salon
"I think the deal breaker for me was actually walking in and posing as a seventh grader. I mean, I’m no spring chicken, but it wasn’t hard."
From Fox News
But then, perhaps an elderly character nevertheless well her junior seems a spring chicken to this distinguished author.
From New York Times
My mom and I are not spring chickens.
From Los Angeles Times
By contrast, the conservative bloc then comprised relative spring chickens.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
