"there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [English]

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  1. (often humorous) Even if a person is in his or her senior years, with gray hair, he or she can still have ambition and energy, especially sexual energy. Tags: humorous, often Categories (topical): Age Related terms: snow on the rooftop, there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle Translations (even if a person is in his or her senior years, with gray hair, he or she can still have ambition and energy, especially sexual energy): a vén kecske is megnyalja a sót (Hungarian)

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