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Discover LudwigThe phrase "over-the-hill" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to someone or something past its peak, beyond its best years, or out of fashion. For example: "My grandmother's 90th birthday made me realize how far over-the-hill she had become."
Idiom
Over the hill.
If someone is over the hill they have reached an age at which they can longer perform as well as they used to.
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"An over-the-hill Dutchman?" chortles David.
Eccentric, albeit also lonely, over-the-hill divorc?
Likewise in the recent "Killing Them Softly," where he portrayed an over-the-hill hit man.
It is, but it's also pretty engaging— even if you're an over-the-hill teen.
"But there's question of him not having the quality and being over-the-hill.
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He's not over the hill".
"He's a little over the hill.
"WHAT'S that coming over the hill?
Who is over the hill?
"We're the ones coming over the hill".
"In this society, you are over the hill, and she never felt over the hill".
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