long-in-the-tooth

Adjective

(idiomatic) Old, aged.

Related terms

don't look a gift horse in the mouth

Origin

Possibly from the practice of examining the length of horses’ teeth when estimating their ages: an old horse has long, rectangular incisors, and their occlusion angle is steep. Compare don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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