old head on young shoulders

You can't put an old head on young shoulders, yes?

I do not expect old heads on young shoulders.

In the years that followed, his mother's friends would often comment that he had an old head on young shoulders.

The boy seems to me a very good boy, but you can't put an old head on young shoulders."

"An old head on young shoulders, I perceive.

It shows that you don't expect, as many elderly people do expect, old heads on young shoulders.

If there is one thing I hate more than another, it is 'an old head on young shoulders.'

'We don't attempt to put old heads on young shoulders.'

'Grant took it on as if he did it every week and showed a wise old head on young shoulders.

"He has an old head on young shoulders, he has electric pace and he takes on information really well.

The Sentinel described him as having an old head on young shoulders with 'a fine turn of speed who tackles with excellent judgement'.

Throughout this decisive war, Horius Parry distinguishes himself both as soldier and as counsellor: an old head on young shoulders.

But young men are sometimes thoughtless ma'am; for as Friar Bacon said, you cannot expect old heads on young shoulders; and my cousin wrote an irreverent skit on the C-in-C and the ceremony.'

The film closes poignantly with a shot of Sandy tearfully walking along after graduation, as we hear a voice-over of Miss Brodie saying, "Little girls, I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders, and all my pupils are the creme de la creme.