over the hill

Idioms and Phrases

Past one's prime, as in I'm a little over the hill to be playing contact sports . This term, alluding to a climber who has reached a mountaintop and is now descending, has been used figuratively for the decline caused by aging since the mid-1900s.

Example Sentences

Like Orange County, the Angels have historically preferred established and over-the-hill players and barely blinked when homegrown prospects left for better opportunities.

From Los Angeles Times

From April 2018, and for the next few months, Hunter Biden surrounded himself with a crew of "thieves, junkies, petty dealers, over-the-hill strippers, con artists, and assorted hangers-on", he wrote in his memoir.

From BBC

He spent lavishly on high-priced, over-the-hill veterans, cycled through coaches and executives, and developed a reputation for interfering with football matters.

From Washington Times

And like so many other over-the-hill free agents the Angels have signed through the years, Rendon is not part of the solution, but part of the problem.

From Los Angeles Times

Bangles singer Susanna Hoffs has written a novel, ‘This Bird Has Flown,’ about an ‘over-the-hill’ one-hit wonder finding love — and it kind of rocks.

From Los Angeles Times