there's life in the old dog yet

English

Phrase

there's life in the old dog yet

1. A person's faculties, or an organization's usefulness, should not be written off simply because of age.
   • 2015 February 23, “Oscars 2015: 10 things we learned”, in The Guardian (London)‎^[1]:

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

Related terms

• there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle
• you can't teach an old dog new tricks

Translations

Translations

• French: c’est dans les vieux pots qu’on fait la meilleure soupe (fr)
• Spanish: el que tuvo, retuvo, gallina vieja hace buen caldo (dated)

See also

• a creaking door hangs longest