What does "Frost on the pumpkin" mean? Is it a euphemism?

Answer 1

Getting old, Dude. Need Viagra.

Answer 2

Frost Is On The Pumpkin

Answer 3

I am now almost officially an old lady. Frost on the pumkin refers to the cycle of autumn turning into winter and the need to prepare for the approaching cold weather or hard times ahead, get ready.

WHEN the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock,
And you hear the kyouck and gobble of the struttin' turkey-cock,
And the clackin' of the guineys, and the cluckin' of the hens,
And the rooster's hallylooyer as he tiptoes on the fence;
O, it's then the time a feller is a-feelin' at his best, 5
With the risin' sun to greet him from a night of peaceful rest,
As he leaves the house, bareheaded, and goes out to feed the stock,
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.
The husky, rusty russel of the tossels of the corn,
And the raspin' of the tangled leaves, as golden as the morn;
The stubble in the furries --kindo' lonesome-like, but still
A-preachin' sermuns to us of the barns they growed to fill;
The strawstack in the medder, and the reaper in the shed;
The hosses in theyr stalls below -- the clover overhead! --
O, it sets my hart a-clickin' like the tickin' of a clock,
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock!

Then your apples all is getherd, and the ones a feller keeps
Is poured around the cellar-floor in red and yeller heaps;
And your cider-makin' 's over, and your wimmern-folks is through
With their mince and apple-butter, and theyr souse and sausage, too! . . .
I don't know how to tell it -- but ef sich a thing could be
As the Angels wantin' boardin', and they'd call around on me --
I'd want to 'commondate 'em -- all the whole-indurin' flock --
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock!

Answer 4

I've heard that expression only a few times by my now deceased grandparents. From the context used, I'm guessing it is referring to old news, i.e. that's been out there long enough to gather frost.

Ex.

"Did you hear the Democrats won control of the House and Senate?"

"Honey, that's been weeks ago! That's frost on the pumpkin!"

Answer 5

I have always taken it literally to mean that it is cold in the fall. I never thought about it having a figurative meaning. hmmmm. I suppose that it could be a euphemism if you intended it to mean something unflattering.