there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace en · X
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
- (humorous, often) An individual in advanced age, characterized by graying hair, may still possess ambition and vitality, especially sexual vitality.
Relateds
snow on the rooftop · there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle · fire in the belly
Synonyms
there may be snow on the mountaintop but there's fire in the valley
Translations (1)
hu a vén kecske is megnyalja a sót (older people can still have ambition and energy, especially sexual)