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

Alan Arkin also provides an award-worthy turn as Lester Siegel, a sardonic, over-the-hill movie mogul who helps in the mission.

From The Daily Beast

Tail-Feathers-Coming-over-the-Hill has just told me that we will have some prayers with his pipe a few days from now.

From Project Gutenberg

Tail-Feathers-Coming-over-the-Hill has many battle scars on different parts of his body.

From Project Gutenberg