English Explanatory Dictionary

you can't put an old head on young shoulders

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Young people inevitably lack the experience and wisdom which come with age.

Word forms

you can't put an old head on young shoulders

Synonyms

you can't put a wise head on young shoulders

Related words

old head on young shoulders there's life in the old dog yet there's no fool like an old fool youth is wasted on the young
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