age before beauty
Cheeky doorway quip
A phrase used when yielding precedence to someone older, suggesting they should go first.
The expression is playful and mildly teasing—it implies the speaker is the beautiful one while the other is merely old.
Often used between friends or family members navigating a doorway: Age before beauty, Grandma.
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
- good mannersSocially acceptable conduct
- social gracesPolished behavior in company
- mannersCustoms of polite conduct
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
elders · respect · old age · golden years · wrinkles · wisdom · youth · vanity · proverb · doorway · precedence · gentlemen · ladies · gracious · wit · quip · tongue in cheek · sarcasm
- agingaging process, aging body, biological age, aging workforce, aging parents
- precedencepriority, rank order, pecking order, chain of command, seniority
age before beautyafter you
Polite yielding of precedence
ladies first · you first · with all due respect · pearls before swine
age before beautyrespect your elders
Traditional generational courtesy maxim
ageless, beauty, beauties, beautiful, beautifully, beautify, beautification, beauteous, before