Idiom
ripe old age
Meaning
A very old age
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My grandfather lived to a ripe old age.”
“She celebrated her one hundredth birthday, having reached a truly ripe old age.”
“Despite a lifetime of hard labor and travel, he lived to a ripe old age, surrounded by his many grandchildren.”
Examples
simple
“My grandfather lived to a ripe old age.”
contextual
“She celebrated her one hundredth birthday, having reached a truly ripe old age.”
complex
“Despite a lifetime of hard labor and travel, he lived to a ripe old age, surrounded by his many grandchildren.”
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