over the hill

Speech parts

1. over the hill - Phrase

2. over the hill - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

too old to be useful

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

over-the-hill

Synonyms

has-been auld hoary ancient aged elder elderly aging venerable senile decrepit geriatric older ageing grizzled
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Antonyms

callow young growing green infant juvenile
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Examples

I like men with some belly who are a little over the hill. Victoria Abril

The drive to see what's over the next hill is in part the fear that one may never know, that if one doesn't go over the hill today, one may never get farther than the village graveyard. John Barnes

I just play to the people I can see. So it's almost like you are playing to the first few rows of the crowd. You can see the faces of the first hundred people, but then it becomes a blur as the crowds disappear over the hill. Alvin Lee

Over the hill to the poor-house I'm trudgin' my weary way. Will Carleton

He that stays in the valley, shall never get over the hill. English Proverb

He that stays in the valley will not get over the hill. French Proverb

Words in the phrase

over the hill

Close letter words and terms

Over the Fence over the full length over the head over the hills and far away over the hump over the land