have whiskers

Related to have whiskers: Tin whiskers

have whiskers

To be old, as of a story or joke. No one laughed at your story because it had whiskers by then.
See also: have, whisker
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

have (or have grown) whisker

s (especially of a story) be very old. informal
See also: have, whisker
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • have grown whiskers
  • have whisker
  • bedtime
  • bedtime story
  • a sting in the tail
  • sting in the tail
  • cockamamie story
  • scare story
  • tale never loses in the telling
  • a tale never loses in the telling