As sure as she's a day old...

Posted by ESC on December 03, 2003

In Reply to: Phrases posted by paula on December 03, 2003

: does anybody know the meaning of:"she's thirty if she's a day" ????

She is at least 30 years old, probably older. That's what it means. Explaining the phrase is a little harder. As sure as she is a day old (as sure as she has been born) she has got to be at least 30.