חַיָּילִים וָתִיקִים אֵינָם מֵתִים לֹא רַק נְמוֹגִים

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Veteran soldiers do not die, they merely fade away/ Old soldiers never die they just fade away

הגדרה (אנגלית)

By way of metaphor: veteran soldiers end their service while still alive after better replacements have been found for them.

(Modern Hebrew)