Question of the Day #1132

‘I Ain’t No Spring Chicken’: Shemar Moore Opens Up About Whether He’d Have Another Child After Welcoming Daughter While In His 50s

From the headline of this article at MSN.com.

  上記の文で、no spring chickenの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "no spring chicken" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

《be ～》もう子どもでは［若くは］ない◆「経験を積んでいる」という肯定的な意味と「若い人のようにはできない」という否定的な意味の二通りに解釈できる。

   

Answer

According to the Collins Dictionary:

someone who is no longer young. This expression is often used when you think someone's appearance or behaviour is surprising for their age.

 

Examples

1. She was no spring chicken. The Guardian (2016)
2. He is 27, so no spring chicken, but we know all about him now. Times, Sunday Times (2017)
3. The Pixel Watch 2 is expected to come out by the end of the year, and by then, the Snapdragon W5 SoC will be no spring chicken either. —Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 31 May 2023
4. Yet Ertz is a spring chicken compared with Megan Rapinoe who, at 38, is the oldest woman on the U.S. roster and one of 10 players older than 30. —Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2023
5. At 51, de León would have been a spring chicken by Senate standards. —Pablo Manríquez, The New Republic, 11 May 2023

   

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