age before beauty

age before beauty
«Старость перед красотой». Это выражение используется шутливо, когда уступают дорогу более пожилому человеку, входя в комнату или в лифт. Оно возникло в конце XIX в. Существует определённый набор стандартных ответов: no dust before the broom («нет пыли перед метлой») и классическое pearls before swine («бисер перед свиньями»), приписываются американской писательнице Дороти Паркер (1893—1967).

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