English Reference

Idiom

snow on the rooftop

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 lot of snow on the rooftop now.”

“Even though he still feels young, the snow on the rooftop shows he is getting older.”

“Despite his youthful energy and sharp wit, the visible snow on the rooftop betrayed the many decades he had lived.”

Examples

simple

“He has a lot of snow on the rooftop now.”

contextual

“Even though he still feels young, the snow on the rooftop shows he is getting older.”

complex

“Despite his youthful energy and sharp wit, the visible snow on the rooftop betrayed the many decades he had lived.”

Key words

Related idioms

This entry

Updated
English Reference