at/to a ripe old age

at a/the ripe old age

At an especially old age. Even at the ripe old age of 90, my grandmother still loves to go shopping. A: "I can't believe they plan to get married! Aren't they both at a ripe old age?" B: "Yep, they're 83 and 85." Wow, you've got some good genes if your parents both died at the ripe old age of 90!

See also: age, old, ripe

to a/the ripe old age

To an especially old age. You won't live to a ripe old age if you keep eating all that junk food! My grandmother on my dad's side lived to the ripe old age of 108.

See also: age, old, ripe, to

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at/to a ˈripe old age

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at/to the ripe old age of...

at/to a very old age: My grandmother lived to a ripe old age. ♢ My uncle was still driving a car at the ripe old age of 89.

See also: age, old, ripe, to

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