Though he was long in the teeth, he decided to save his village tooth and nail.

即使他年纪大了，他也决定竭尽全力地拯救他的乡村。

That said, FedEx's failures-to respond more quickly to the changing e-commerce landscape, to read the runes of geopolitics and to end its stubborn refusal to join its two businesses-reflect a company whose management is long in the tooth.

即便如此，联邦快递的失败——以更快的速度对不断变化的电子商务格局做出反应，阅读地缘政治符文，结束其顽固拒绝加入两家公司的局面——反映出这家公司的管理层年事已高。