someone is "long in the tooth"??
2006-09-12 07:18:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
they are getting old, either in age or in how they think... relates to an old tradition of determining the relative age of animals like horses, camels, whose gums recede and show more tooth surface as they age
2006-09-12 07:22:30 · answer #1 · answered by BillQ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means "old". As in, "Aren't you a bit long in the tooth for snowboarding?" or whatever.
It comes from the way you tell a horse's age by his teeth. In older horses, the teeth slant out more and look longer.
2006-09-12 14:23:01 · answer #2 · answered by Nightlight 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Old.
Its an expression regarding lions.
As a lion ages, his teeth get long, thin and fragile.
2006-09-12 14:27:04 · answer #3 · answered by Alexander Shannon 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means they are old. Gums tend to recede a bit when you are older.
2006-09-12 14:23:55 · answer #4 · answered by Chris 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
there teeth are very long haaaaaa
2006-09-12 14:26:26 · answer #5 · answered by africacarey 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
old
2006-09-12 15:00:54 · answer #6 · answered by Surviving on love 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋