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ripe old age
Idioms and Phrases
An age advanced in years, as in I expect to live to a ripe old age . The adjective ripe here means “fully developed physically and mentally,†but the current use of the idiom usually just signifies a long lifespan. [Second half of 1300s]Example Sentences
There's Alex Ferguson, who has lived to a ripe old age, but he's in the same camp.
But then he had discussed it with ex-F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone and US racing mogul Roger Penske, who are both, as he put it, "still working at quite a ripe old age and are still very mentality agile".
Can — at the ripe old age of 25 — had been judged and weighed by soccer’s elite, and found wanting.
"A lot of the old American bluesmen I grew up listening to didn't start their careers until they were already a ripe old age, so I'm not going to let nearly turning 60 bother me," he added.
“At the ripe old age of 91, he lived a good life,†she said.
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