Idiom
fruit of one's loins
Meaning
One's child or, collectively, one's children or descendants.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He is very proud of the fruit of his loins.”
“The elderly man spent his final years surrounded by the fruit of his loins, watching his grandchildren play in the garden.”
“The king looked upon the young prince, the only fruit of his loins, and wondered if the boy was truly ready to inherit the throne.”
Examples
simple
“He is very proud of the fruit of his loins.”
contextual
“The elderly man spent his final years surrounded by the fruit of his loins, watching his grandchildren play in the garden.”
complex
“The king looked upon the young prince, the only fruit of his loins, and wondered if the boy was truly ready to inherit the throne.”
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