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there's life in the old dog yet

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.77 in modern English

Syllables
there's life in the old -dog yet
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
2
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

A person's faculties, or an organization's usefulness, should not be written off simply because of age.

Example Sentences

Phrases

there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle you can't teach an old dog new tricks a creaking door hangs longest

Frequently Paired Words

there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle you can't teach an old dog new tricks a creaking door hangs longest

Questions

What does there's life in the old dog yet mean?
A person's faculties, or an organization's usefulness, should not be written off simply because of age.

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