Gettin' OldOne worth keeping

“There's snow on the roof, but fire in the furnace.”

Gray-haired, sure, but far from done.

More for gettin' old →

In the same vein

All Gettin' Old →

“Older than dirt.”

Been here since before the ground was.

“He's no spring chicken.”

His young and tender days are well behind him.

“Older than Methuselah's goat.”

Outlived the oldest man in the Bible's own livestock.

“Old as the hills and twice as dusty.”

Ancient, and showing it.

“Too old to cut the mustard.”

Past the age of keeping up.

“My get up and go done got up and went.”

Admittin' the energy of youth has long since left town.