old enough to bleed, old enough to breed

rude If a girl has begun to menstruate, then she is old enough to have sex and get pregnant. As someone who first got her period at age 11, I find "old enough to bleed, old enough to breed" deeply horrifying. I can't fathom anyone thinking a girl would be ready to have sex at that age!

See also: breed, enough, old, to

See also:

make old bones
at a/the ripe old age
at/to a ripe old age
live to a ripe old age
bolt bucket
lang
auld
auld lang syne
age-old
be (as) old as the devil

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