to live to a ripe old age

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• live to a ripe old age — to live until you are very old. Both his grandparents lived to a ripe old age …   New idioms dictionary

• at the ripe old age of something — at the ripe old age of (something) live to a ripe old age to live until you are very old. He died at the ripe old age of eighty seven …   New idioms dictionary

• at the ripe old age of — (something) live to a ripe old age to live until you are very old. He died at the ripe old age of eighty seven …   New idioms dictionary

• old age — noun a late time of life (Freq. 1) old age is not for sissies he s showing his years age hasn t slowed him down at all a beard white with eld on the brink of geezerhood • Syn: ↑years, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• old age — n. to live to a ripe old age * * * [ˌəʊld eɪdʒ] to live to a ripe old age …   Combinatory dictionary

• old age — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ advanced, extreme ▪ happy ▪ She can look forward to a happy old age. ▪ lonely (esp. BrE) ▪ fears about a lonely o …   Collocations dictionary

• ripe — [raıp] adj comparative riper superlative ripest [: Old English;] 1.) ripe fruit or crops are fully grown and ready to eat ≠ ↑unripe ▪ Those tomatoes aren t ripe yet. 2.) be ripe for sth to be ready for a change to happen, especially when it… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• age — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Old age Nouns 1. age, years, oldness; life expectancy, life span; longevity, length of years; gerontology, geriatrics; gerontocracy; ageism. 2. (maturity) adulthood, man or womanhood, maturity; legal or… …   English dictionary for students

• ripe — adjective 1 ripe fruit or crops are fully grown and ready to eat: Those apples aren t ripe yet. opposite unripe 2 be ripe for to be in a suitable condition for something, especially for some kind of change: The land was ripe for industrial… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• live — live1 /liv/, v., lived /livd/, living. v.i. 1. to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live. 2. to continue to have life; remain alive: to live to a ripe old age. 3. to continue in existence,… …   Universalium

• live — I [[t]lɪv[/t]] v. lived(livd), liv•ing. 1) bio to be alive 2) to continue to have life; remain alive: to live to a ripe old age[/ex] 3) to continue in existence, operation, memory, etc.; last: a book that lives in my memory[/ex] 4) to maintain or …   From formal English to slang