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Idiom

sweet young thing

Meaning

An attractive young woman.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“He thinks he is dating a sweet young thing.”

“The older man was clearly trying to impress the sweet young thing he met at the party.”

“The aging actor was often seen in the company of some sweet young thing, much to the amusement of his critics.”

Examples

simple

“He thinks he is dating a sweet young thing.”

contextual

“The older man was clearly trying to impress the sweet young thing he met at the party.”

complex

“The aging actor was often seen in the company of some sweet young thing, much to the amusement of his critics.”

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