spring chicken

noun

1. a young chicken, especially a broiler or fryer.

2. Slang.,  a young person.

   I don't know his age, but he's no spring chicken.

spring chicken

noun

1. Also called: springer. a young chicken, tender for cooking, esp one from two to ten months old

2. informal,  she is no longer young

Word History and Origins

Origin of spring chicken¹

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

Idioms and Phrases

see no spring chicken.

Related Words

• immature 
• inept 
• naive 
• undisciplined 
• unschooled 
• unsophisticated 
• untried 
• young