silver ceiling

Meaning

Noun

An informal (and often unacknowledged) barrier to promotion or advancement, in employment and elsewhere, for middle-aged and elderly people.

Origin

silver (suggesting the gray hair characteristic of advanced age) + ceiling (suggesting a barrier to upward advancement)

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