three score and ten
three score and ten
Seventy. (A "score" is a group of 20.) Our forefathers were lucky to reach three score and ten—many of them died much younger than that.
See also: and, score, ten, three
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- break (one's) duck
- break your duck
- score off (someone or something)
- side bet
- bogey
- bogy
- claw (one's) way
- claw your way back, into something, out of something, etc.
- run out the clock
- run the clock down