of a certain age

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释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    Middle-aged or older.

    委婉

    Near-synonyms: (indeterminate) getting on in years, on in years, long in the tooth; (past middle age) older, senior, elderly, geriatric; see also Thesaurus:elderly

    a lady of a certain age

    Now that I'm of a certain age, I need reading glasses to see up close.

  2. 2.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see of, a, certain, age: belonging to some particular specified age range.

    All able-bodied men of a certain age were subject to conscription by royal decree.

词源

Perhaps a calque of French d'un certain âge.

来源：wiktionary