Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
un truc à vous coller deux siècles dans les gencives.
English translation:
it will make you look really ancient
French term
un truc à vous coller deux siècles dans les gencives.
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Proposed translations
Germany
A way with words
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK, US) 
Works in: German to English, French to English, English
it will make you look really ancient
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http://www.maidstone-i-remember-it-well.com/Maidstone-newboy...
Could anyone imagine in those days addressing any of the staff by their christian names? Unfortunately relaying these tales to our children and now grandchildren only goes to prove to them that we are really ancient!
http://www.expatwoman.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=96107
Yeah but they are really ancient there - 60 odd plus! Where do they come from????
Beats me!
I didn't think OAPs were even allowed in Dubai
Something that will make you seem (two centuries) older
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....or how about: "it slaps two centuries in your face"?
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Catharine Cellier-Smart
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bowse123 (X)
: sound too "polite"
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Germany
translator of Bourdieu...
Native in: English (Variants: New Zealand, UK, Australian, US, Canadian, British)
Works in: French to English
it rather dates you
Bulgaria
The original in all but the language
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Bulgarian to English, Esperanto to English, and 1 more.
it will make you come across as an old fart
But a least it isn't too polite
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Helen Chauveau
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Thanks!
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Clive Phillips
: Yes, in the same register.
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Catherine Gilsenan
: Maybe too "slangy"
4 hrs
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Near the stronger end of the permissible range, certainly
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Layla de Chabot
: Isn't it a little too derogatory?
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Near the stronger end of the permissible range, certainly
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B D Finch
7 hrs
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Thanks!
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Germany
Par Excellence Translations
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: German to English, French to English, Italian to English, and 3 more.
it makes you look positively antediluvian / like an old fogey
Examples:
A few minutes later, out came a positively antediluvian couple. They were SO old, they couldn't even stand up straight.
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=show...
Hell, Joe-- since you're older than me, you're lucky he didn't say you were "positively antediluvian!"
http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=80600
... and that fact makes me feel positively antediluvian. Look it up, it means really old. But, it was a formative year, for it was the year ...
http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/20662
They've installed all sorts of new technology, and it's making me feel like an old fogey. Not one piece of equipment has stayed the same ...
http://www.thefreefood.net/?p=101
Unlike groovy, fab or gear, which sound positively antediluvian, cool never seems to go out of style.
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/when-its-cool-to-say-cool
Sorry if I sound like an old fogey, but I hate texting!
http://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/41398599.as...
All right, so I'm only 32, but I FEEL like an old fogey now -- I'm hopelessly behind the curve on computer technology
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/67698-28-system-fogey
United Kingdom
A Professional Service Handled With Care
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
will make you sound decrepit / like an old codger / like a grandad
a rude awakening that you're no spring chicken
That's the idea, I believe.
More literally, something that gives you a 2-century slap in the face
I hope this helps.
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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2011-02-18 00:28:12 GMT)
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I MEAN:
something that slaps "two centuries" in your face (in other words, you're old!)
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Catherine Gilsenan
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Thank you, Catherine! The other translations are forgetting the "rude awakening" or "slap in the face" idea. It's just not realizing you're age, but in a sudden, harsh kind of way.
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