You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubts; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair. From LearnThat.org. [Douglas MacArthur]
Good old boy. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
old tradition. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
An old man's eagle mind. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Casey Ryan's gittin 'old; old an' sick an 'a damn' fool. From Wordnik.com. [The Trail of the White Mule] Reference
'No, she an' me's from th 'old North -- old Car'tret, nigh on ter. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
'old English, 'thought Bryda, 'old English, Tom Chatterton can read old. From Wordnik.com. [Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century] Reference
He had called him, Tom, an "old fool," a "dam 'old fool," to be precise. From Wordnik.com. [The Winds of Chance] Reference
'You 'old your jaw, mother, or I'll precious soon set my marks on your ugly old face!. From Wordnik.com. [The Nether World] Reference
This same happened the very last time I was down yer wi 'old Blimie -- old Sublime, us calls. From Wordnik.com. [A Poor Man's House] Reference
Straight, lank, stern, level-eyed, shrewd-faced old boy -- regular whackin 'old Yankee type. From Wordnik.com. [Little Miss Grouch A Narrative Based on the Log of Alexander Forsyth Smith's Maiden Transatlantic Voyage] Reference
In later life this economical tendency to leave the old undisturbed leads to what we know as 'old fogyism. '. From Wordnik.com. [Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals] Reference
It chanced that old Skipper Sam Brewer caught sight of 'em, and he recognized Bill Portland from t 'old days. From Wordnik.com. [Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers] Reference
"That's not VERY old -- but tell me -- does your father, or DID your father, ever speak of you as his 'old woman? '". From Wordnik.com. [Colonel Starbottle's Client] Reference
He bought his establishment from 'old Si, 'who used to fish down there and was a mysterious old critter in a way too. From Wordnik.com. [Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901] Reference
'Big feller man, one good musket; boy, one axix' (axe); 'old woman, old feller, musket; young girl, one good musket. '. From Wordnik.com. [Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899] Reference
You all know what 'old women's tales 'are; and the tale that old woman has told us is one of the most improbable of its class. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works] Reference
I was diagnosed as a Type 2 diabetic at the ripe old age of 50, and like my old pappy used to say, "Gettin 'old is not for sissies!". From Wordnik.com. [Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes] Reference
You wouldn't associate Kelly Osborne with old ladies, but it's a lavender rinse, and even Kelly refers to it as an 'old lady rinse '!. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie] Reference
The Parisians 'old liking for the magnificent Duke would revive, and so would their old hatred of the disinherited son of Madame Ysabeau. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2] Reference
She were an 'old lady in a pair-'oss phaeton wi' plenty o 'sparklers an' nice white hair: a rosy old creetur, comfortably plump and round -- 'specially in front. From Wordnik.com. [Peregrine's Progress] Reference
"Ler'm tell me, hisself, an old interfarin 'old fule, and he'll ha' the rough side o 'my tongue," the customer said; and nodded an unsmiling good-afternoon, and went on her way. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
They have been called 'old channels; 'but this name does not convey the proper idea, since a channel is not necessarily a river, and an old channel is not necessarily a dead one. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Miner or Tom Nelson in California] Reference
An 'that the old man has paid' im to go away an ''old his tongue!. From Wordnik.com. [Innocent : her fancy and his fact] Reference
"Seems to be an old maid -- a gaunt-lookin 'old party -- ain't got no complexion. From Wordnik.com. [Some Everyday Folk and Dawn] Reference
'Ere, ketch 'old o' the spokes, and I'll go; always got to do everything myself on this old tank, seems to me. ". From Wordnik.com. [Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] Reference
On the way home I called my old man and told him I had voted Labour. From Wordnik.com. [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Soon he figures it out, he called her old so now he has to find time to apologies to her. From Wordnik.com. [Anime Nano!] Reference
After the first couple of days on the job, Maureen knew it wasn't going to work, so she called her old boss. From Wordnik.com. [About.com Job Searching] Reference
But even then, if someone calls your old mobile number and leaves a message, you have to deal with it separately. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - The best of Web 2.0] Reference
Two years ago he called his old friends at ILM, the special-effects empire in Marin County, Calif., founded by George Lucas. From Wordnik.com. [Believe In Magic] Reference
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