there's life in the old dog yet

phrase

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

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Meanings

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

    It wasn’t quite Sacheen Littlefeather, but a rolling tide of firebrand speeches showed there’s life in the Hollywood dog yet.

    2015 February 23, “Oscars 2015: 10 things we learned”, in The Guardian (London)

Translations

French c’est dans les vieux pots qu’on fait la meilleure soupe
  • c’est dans les vieux pots qu’on fait la meilleure soupeTranslations
Spanish el que tuvo, retuvo, gallina vieja hace buen caldo
  • el que tuvo, retuvoTranslations
  • gallina vieja hace buen caldoTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

there's life in the old dog yet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/there's%20life%20in%20the%20old%20dog%20yet

MLA

“there's life in the old dog yet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/there's%20life%20in%20the%20old%20dog%20yet. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “there's life in the old dog yet,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/there's%20life%20in%20the%20old%20dog%20yet.

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