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put out to pasture |
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put someone out to pasture to make someone stop working at their job because they are too old to be useful. He felt he was still too young to be put out to pasture. See also: pasture put someone out to pasture to make someone stop working at their job because they are too old to be useful. At 62, he felt he was not ready to be put out to pasture. Etymology: based on the tradition of keeping farm animals that are too old to work in a pasture (= land covered with grass) See also: pasture |
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