there's life in the old dog yet Idiom
as yet
cut one's eyeteeth on
Idiom(s): cut one's eyeteeth on sthTheme: TRAINING
to have done something since one was very young; to have much experience at something. (Folksy.)
• Do I know about cars? I cut my eyeteeth on cars.
• I cut my eyeteeth on Bach. I can whistle everything he wrote.
as yet|yet
adv. phr. Up to the present time; so far; yet. We know little as yet about the moon's surface. She has not come as yet.eyeteeth
eyeteethsee give one's eyeteeth.
eyetooth
eyetoothcut one's eyeteeth
to become experienced or sophisticated
give one's eyeteeth
give one's eyeteethAlso, give one's right arm. Go to any lengths to obtain, as in She'd give her eyeteeth for a mink coat, or He'd give his right arm for a new car. These hyperbolic expressions both allude to something precious, the eyeteeth (or canines) being useful for both biting and chewing and the right arm a virtual necessity for the 90 percent of the population who are right-handed. Both date from the first half of the 1900s, when the first replaced give one's eyes, from the mid-1800s.
there's activity in the old dog yet
One still has animation or the adeptness to accomplish assertive accomplishments admitting one's avant-garde age. Did you see Grandpa out on the ball floor? There's activity in the old dog yet! I apperceive you anticipate I'm all burst down, but I can still authority my own back I charge to. There's activity in this old dog yet!Learn more: dog, life, old, yetthere's activity in the old dog yet
admitting appearances to the contrary, an old being is still abounding of vigour, enthusiasm, etc.Learn more: dog, life, old, yetthere’s ˌlife in the old dog ˈyet
(humorous) a being is old but is still alive and enjoys life: At 70 he’s absitively to go annular the world. There’s activity in the old dog yet! ♢ I’m not too old to adore myself! There’s activity in the old dog yet, you know.Learn more: dog, life, old, yet
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give it one's best shot give one's eyeteeth give pause give rein to there, there! There’s no such thing as a stupid question There’s nobody home thereby thereby hangs a tale thereby hangs lies a tale thereby lies a tale therein therein lies (something) therein lies... there'll be hell to pay thereof there's (plenty) more where that came from there's (someone or something) for you there's a first time for everything there's a good boy, girl, dog, etc. there's a good boy/girl there's a grain of truth in every joke there's a lot to be said for (something) there's a new sheriff in town there's a sucker born every minute there's a time and a place (for something) there's a turn-up for the book(s) there's gold in them thar hills there's gold in them there hills there's life in the old dog yet there's little to choose between (two people or things) there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle there's many a slip there's many a slip twixt cup and lip There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip there's many a true word spoken in jest there's method in somebody's madness there's more than meets the eye there's more than one way to skin a cat there's more to somebody/something than meets the eye there's more to someone or something than meets the eye there's more to something/someone than meets the eye there's much to be said for (something) there's no accounting for taste there's no accounting for tastes there's no business like show business there's no comparison there's no fear of something There's no flies on there's no flies on him/her There's no fool like an old fool there's no getting around (something) there's no getting away from (something) there's no getting away from it there's no harm in doing something
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