tough love
What Does “tough love” mean? Definition: A way of helping someone with compassionate use of stringent disciplinary measures. The aim […]
Idioms
go steady with someone
What Does “go steady with someone” mean? Definition: To date one person regularly and exclusively. Example(s) Lisa has been going
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fall out of love
What Does “fall out of love” mean? Definition: to stop being in love with someone. Example(s) She fell out of
fall in love with someone
What Does “fall in love with someone” mean? Definition: To come to have feelings of love directed at another person
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over the hill
What Does “over the hill” mean? Definition: too old to perform as well as before. Example(s) You say you are
long in the tooth
What Does “long in the tooth” mean? Definition: very old. Example(s) I think he is a bit long in the
on in years
What Does “on in years” mean? Definition: Old; advanced in age. Example(s) My wife is dead and I am getting
burn the midnight oil
What Does “burn the midnight oil” mean? Definition: Work hard, especially late into the night. Example(s) She was burning the
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of age
What Does “of age” mean? Definition: Old enough to be considered an adult. Example(s) He’s of age now, he can
ripe old age
What Does “ripe old age” mean? Definition: Very old age. Example(s) After living to a ripe old age, she died
Get on in Years
What Does “Get on in Years” Mean? Definition: To grow older; to be advanced in age. This idiom is commonly
Food for thought
What Does “Food for thought” mean? Definition: If you give someone food for thought, you provide them with information or