Idiom
rob the cradle
Meaning
To marry or become romantically involved with a much younger person, especially one from a younger generation.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“People often tease him because he likes to rob the cradle.”
“When he started dating a college student, his friends joked that he was robbing the cradle.”
“Despite the significant age gap between them, he ignored the whispers of those who accused him of robbing the cradle.”
Examples
simple
“People often tease him because he likes to rob the cradle.”
contextual
“When he started dating a college student, his friends joked that he was robbing the cradle.”
complex
“Despite the significant age gap between them, he ignored the whispers of those who accused him of robbing the cradle.”
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