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Sentence #312334

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blay_paul blay_paul March 16, 2010 March 16, 2010 at 12:31:08 AM UTC link Permalink

"no spring chicken" is the idiomatic phrase.

saeb saeb March 16, 2010 March 16, 2010 at 1:34:56 AM UTC link Permalink

seems to be a british expression, sorry should've looked it up first :P

blay_paul blay_paul March 16, 2010 March 16, 2010 at 7:34:23 AM UTC link Permalink

^
No, the sentence had "no chicken" before (which means something entirely different) so it's just as well you listed it.

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She is no chicken, she is at least thirty.

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She is no spring chicken, she is at least thirty.

edited by blay_paul, March 16, 2010

She's no spring chicken. She's at least thirty.

edited by CK, June 13, 2015