You can't go out with Bill. He's old enough to be your father!
•He married a woman who is old enough to be his mother.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
old enough to be someone's mother — old enough to be someone’s mother/father/ phrase much older than a particular person This phrase is usually used for talking about two people who are having a romantic relationship . Thesaurus: general words for age and describing someone s… … Useful english dictionary
old enough to be someone's father — old enough to be someone’s mother/father/ phrase much older than a particular person This phrase is usually used for talking about two people who are having a romantic relationship . Thesaurus: general words for age and describing someone s… … Useful english dictionary
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old — W1S1 [əuld US ould] adj comparative older superlative oldest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not new)¦ 2¦(not young)¦ 3¦(age)¦ 4¦(that you used to have)¦ 5¦(familiar)¦ 6¦(very well known)¦ 7 the old days 8 … Dictionary of contemporary English
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