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Kathy Cao
2020-06-07 09:06
To rob the cradle British American to-infinitive disapproval offensive informal
This is an English idiom that similar to a Vietnamese idiom "Old buffalo grazes on young grass". It means to date or having relationship with someone that is significantly younger than yourself, or it could mean to take a liking to younger people.
But suddenly Taylor looked bad, robbing the cradle for a high school student.
Oh that teacher robs the cradle usually. You are a girl and your score will be high.
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Minh Slim is dating a secondary schooler. He is obviously robbing the cradle
Believe that someone is a perfect person with no faults
Loving gestures of couples such as petting, kissing, and cuddling
(Of women)To try to gain love or affection of a man, especially when a woman wants a man to be her husband or lover
Wholly enamored (of someone)
Used to imply a place where two lovers can get a strong feeling of romantic attraction together, especially hidden from others
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Rob means to steal and cradle is a bed for a baby. Therefore, someone who robs a cradle, in a literal sense, is stealing a young baby from its cradle, away from its mom and dad.
The figurative sense uses this imagery to imply that an older person dating a much younger person is also stealing a child away from his or her parents. This expression originated in the first half of the 1900s.
A lesser-used meaning involves any type of exploitation of the very young.
Do you see anything wrong?
Used to allude that the last force, problem or burden which is seemingly minor and small causes a person, system or organisation to collapse or fail
Her husband's violent act last night was the straw that broke the donkey's back and she left him
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