long in the tooth

     

Horses' teeth are often use to estimate the animal's age, hence the sayings "long in the tooth" and "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth".

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  • As seen here, it's another way of saying old or aging
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports) As a horse gets older, its gums recede, so an elderly one literally is this expression

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