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green old age

idiom

A person's elderly years that are active or full of vitality.


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  1. 01

    act one's age

    To behave in a manner appropriate to one's age.

  2. 02

    act one's age, not one's shoe size

    Synonym of act one's age (“to behave in a mature manner; to avoid being childish”).

  3. 03

    age before beauty

    A phrase said to allow older people to go before younger ones.

  4. 04

    any old nook or cranny

    Alternative form of any nook or cranny.

  5. 05

    bad old days

    The past, seen as a time when things were worse.

  6. 06

    big old

    Emphatically or impressively big; really big.

  7. 07

    Chinese green

    Synonym of lokao.

  8. 08

    chip off the old block

    Someone who takes after one of their parents; (generally) a person similar to another.

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