age before beauty

A humorous way to tell someone to go ahead of one, meant as a playful insult. Chuck held the door open for Tim, motioned for him to go ahead, and said, "Age before beauty."

age before beauty

a jocular and slightly rude way of encouraging someone to go ahead of oneself; a comical, teasing, and slightly grudging way of indicating that someone else should or can go first. "No, no. Please, you take the next available seat," smiled Tom. "Age before beauty, you know."

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Waqar	-	Arabic
Alea	ə-LEE-ə	English (Rare)
Claudie	klo-DEE	French
BoŽA	-	Serbian
Zuri	-	Eastern African, Swahili
Nadezhda	nah-DYEZH-dah (Russian)	Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Ukrainian