A: Maybe we should consider Ron for the job.spring chicken=youthful
Almost always used to express someone's lack of youth:
She looks pretty good considering her age; she's no spring chicken you know.
He worries that he has not had a promotion in ten years. He's no spring chicken and fears he may be too old to advance to the level he had once hoped to achieve.
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