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on in years

idiom

Old; advanced in age.


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  1. 01

    be a hundred years too early

    To be so immature and unprepared as to have no hope of achieving an accomplishment.

  2. 02

    donkey's years

    A long time, years and years.

  3. 03

    four score and seven years ago

    Used (sometimes sarcastically) to indicate that a past event being mentioned is particularly important: a long time ago; many years ago.

  4. 04

    golden years

    Old age; especially, the leisure years in later life after one has retired from employment.

  5. 05

    never in a million years

    Absolutely not.

  6. 06

    not in a million years

    Alternative form of never in a million years.

  7. 07

    roll back the years

    To produce a sense of nostalgia.

  8. 08

    term of years

    The lease under which that estate in land is held.

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