ripe old age
A very old age
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“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.”
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act one's age
To behave in a manner appropriate to one's age.
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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”).
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age before beauty
A phrase said to allow older people to go before younger ones.
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any old nook or cranny
Alternative form of any nook or cranny.
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bad old days
The past, seen as a time when things were worse.
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big old
Emphatically or impressively big; really big.
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chip off the old block
Someone who takes after one of their parents; (generally) a person similar to another.
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come of age
To reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult.
Last updated August 10, 2026