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(idiomatic) A phrase said to allow older people to go before younger ones.
It is recorded that Mrs. Parker and a snooty debutante were both going in to supper at a party: the debutante made elaborate way, saying sweetly "Age before beauty, Mrs. Parker." "And pearls before swine," said Mrs. Parker, sweeping in.
1938 September 16, John Carter, “Best Sellers and the Atlantic”, in The Spectator, page 448:
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pl starsi przodem (Translations) · ru Молодым везде́ у нас дорога, старикам везде́ у нас почёт (Translations) · de Alter vor Schönheit (Translations)