An "old head" is wise -- if you have an old head on young shoulders, you're wise even though you are young.
The antonym for old is young.
The opposite of old is young.
Old or aging.Old or Elder
The antonym of "old" is "young."
The two antonyms for the word "old" are "new" and "young."
He has an old head on young shoulders.
Possibly, if the context is something like " Problems that the old fail to solve today will rest on young shoulders tomorrow." Otherwise it is merely a noun modified by an adjective.No, young shoulders is not a synechdoche, which is a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword).I don't see any relation between young and shoulders.
young means someone that is not old
The white-headed eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) of America. The young, until several years old, lack the white feathers on the head.
"I knew so young a body with so old a head" basically means I knew a younger person who was really wise.
Yes I would say they could if they are a responsible 15 year old and have a good head on their shoulders and know what to do if something goes wrong.
old and smart lol
it means that your to old or to young
Noggin means head and ol' means old so i guess it means old head.
As in French emenance grise
your head explodes. that's it plain and simple just gone off your shoulders
She was a young woman. All gods/goddesses are young adults. They have eternal youth as well as eternal life.