getting on (in years)

getting on (in years)

Advanced or advancing in age; old or aging. I might be getting a little bit on in years, but I'm no fool when it comes to technology! Your grandfather's getting on in years, so you may need to speak a bit more loudly around him.
See also: get, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • be on in years
  • get on in years
  • on in years
  • up in years
  • along in years
  • fool
  • in (one's) second childhood
  • in second childhood
  • every fool thing
  • any old thing