What Does “spring chicken” mean?
Definition:
To be young; to be still a young and naive person.
This idiom is usually used in the negative form.
See the entry for:
no spring chicken
Example(s)
She is not a spring chicken. She wouldn’t like to go partying with us.
At the age of forty, she is no spring chicken!
I’d like to remind you that, at forty-five, you’re still a spring chicken.
This idiom is in the animals category.
