Idiom
snow on the mountaintop
Meaning
Gray or white hair on one's head, especially as an indication of aging.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He has a little snow on the mountaintop now.”
“Even though he still feels young, the snow on the mountaintop shows he is getting older.”
“The distinguished professor carried the snow on the mountaintop with grace, a testament to the many years he had spent in deep study.”
Examples
simple
“He has a little snow on the mountaintop now.”
contextual
“Even though he still feels young, the snow on the mountaintop shows he is getting older.”
complex
“The distinguished professor carried the snow on the mountaintop with grace, a testament to the many years he had spent in deep study.”
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