Idiom
big girl
Meaning
An adult woman; a woman behaving as a responsible adult.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You are a big girl now, so please clean your room.”
“She decided to act like a big girl and handle the difficult conversation with her boss herself.”
“After years of relying on her parents for guidance, she finally felt like a big girl capable of navigating the complexities of her own life.”
Examples
simple
“You are a big girl now, so please clean your room.”
contextual
“She decided to act like a big girl and handle the difficult conversation with her boss herself.”
complex
“After years of relying on her parents for guidance, she finally felt like a big girl capable of navigating the complexities of her own life.”
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