Meaning of spring chicken in English:
spring chicken
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noun
1 informal usually with negative A young person.
- ‘you're no spring chicken yourself any more’
- ‘I'm no spring chicken any more but I feel fit as a fiddle.’
- ‘But in the past week, just about everything I have done has left me feeling middle-aged and I have finally had to admit to myself that I am no spring chicken.’
- ‘He wasn't old, but he was no spring chicken either.’
- ‘At 34, he's no spring chicken, which means he has to train even harder in order to medal at the Olympic Winter Games.’
- ‘She must've been in at least her mid-forties, she was no spring chicken, but she looked good for her age, if you were into that sort of thing.’
2A young chicken for eating (originally available only in spring).
‘The waitress consulted with a chef and said: ‘It's not free-range, but it's a spring chicken.’’- ‘For mains, Madame had the spring chicken with fries, while I went for the more traditional schnitzel.’
- ‘In Christian Europe, the slaughter was the beginning of the feasting season, which lasted until Lent - the fasting season - which ended with spring chicken and lamb and the first edible greens.’
- ‘Team these with biryani, curried shrimp noodles, fried rice in roasted chilli paste, and grilled spring chicken.’
- ‘The menu consisted of smoked trout, spring chicken, and strawberries and cream, ending with a serving of the Yorkshire cheese, Wensleydale.’
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