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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace en · X

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (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)