"age before beauty" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [English]

Audio: en-au-age before beauty.ogg [Australia]
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  1. (idiomatic) A phrase said to allow older people to go before younger ones. Tags: idiomatic Translations (Translations): Alter vor Schönheit (German), starsi przodem (Polish), Молодым везде́ у нас дорога, старикам везде́ у нас почёт (Molodym vezdé u nas doroga, starikam vezdé u nas počót) (Russian)

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