What does no spring chicken mean?
Idiom Meaning:
no longer young
Examples of this Idiom in Movies & TV Shows:
The Fire Within (1963)
Time of Scene: n/a
Eva: You look like death warmed over.
Alain Leroy: You’re no spring chicken yourself.
Fanny (1961)
Time of Scene: n/a
Honorine: She is forty years younger than you!
Panisse: That is not my fault. I admit I am no spring chicken, but I also admit that I have six hundred thousand francs.
Honorine: My poor Panisse.
The Sopranos “Everybody Hurts” (2002)
Time of Scene: n/a
Tony Soprano: I’ve been wanting to talk to you.
Christopher Moltisanti: Yeah, I’ve been wanting to talk to you too.
Tony Soprano: I’ll go first. I’ve got to make it my number one priority to limit my exposure to potentially damaging conversations: wire taps and shit like that.
Christopher Moltisanti: Sure, guy in your position…
Tony Soprano: So, over the next couple years, more and more, I’m going to be giving my orders through you, and finally, only through you.
Christopher Moltisanti: What about Sil? You got that with him, and Paulie?
Tony Soprano: Those other guys: Sil, Paulie, one thing they’re not, they’re not my blood. You hear what I’m saying to you? It’s a matter of trust
Christopher Moltisanti: It’s very wise.
Tony Soprano: Sil’s a good Consigliere and his going to continue on as such but his no fuckin’ spring chicken either. On the other hand there’s no reason to give him a fuckin’ attitude either.
Christopher Moltisanti: No, of course not.
Tony Soprano: Now there’s going to be a period of transition.
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