Idioms

thirty-something

Also found in: Dictionary, Wikipedia.

thirty-something

1. adjective Of an unspecified age in one's thirties. He looks like he's in his 50s, but he's really just thirty-something.
2. noun A person who is in their thirties. Usually used in the plural. With so many college students in this town, it's nice to find a place that's geared more for thirty-somethings.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2024 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

thirty-something (or forty-something, etc.)

an unspecified age between thirty and forty (forty and fifty, etc.). informal
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
See also:
References in periodicals archive
Far from enduring a troublesome 'thirty-something' spell, the Fiesta is more like flirty thirty-something - heading confi-dently for its roaring forties.
Known to French sPeakers as "Sous le soleil," the Marathon-TF 1-Societe Francaise de Production co-production, a mix of psychological drama and romantic comedy about three thirty-something women in the resort town, has been broadcast in some 130 countries.
Industry insiders claim the tie's decline is a knee-jerk reaction by thirty-something men who want to appear younger.
Thirty-something Billie is the other woman; Keith is the man in the middle; Carmen is the clinging, conniving wife and mother, determined that her husband will return to the family.
In this way, Jess's work converses with a growing number of books by a group of writers I call Millennial Poets: thirty-something African American poets writing in the first decade of the new millennium.
Moreover, higaeri onsen patrons include many thirty-something housewives, a demographic with time and money to spare.
In 1928 Christie was a thirty-something single mother who changed her mind from taking a Caribbean holiday and instead proceeded to Iraq.
This is just one of the advantages of the single life according to the thirty-something from Ingleby Barwick.
Four thirty-something characters escape their cynicism by giving into pop-music romanticism--something the audience is allowed to do as well, when the show's emcee calls folks up to the stage.
Today's thirty-something ballet dancers at least with major companies are the first generation who grew up knowing they wouldn't lose their jobs after a pregnancy leave.
This fifty-six-page magazine is edited and published by a thirty-something mother in Cumbria, England, and read around the world by mothers, fathers, and others interested in outside-the-mainstream living and parenting.
As we waited for the New Hampshire returns to roll in, Robert Housman, a blond thirty-something lawyer who had served as the assistant director for strategic .planning in the Clinton drug czar's office, remarked, "I thought I would watch this race from the sidelines ...
For students in the thirty-something and older age brackets, tasks such as registering online for classes, emailing an essay to a professor, or even manipulating a mouse can prove challenging.
Say hello to Generation X--those bold and inquisitive twenty- and thirty-something physicians who are now fully immersed in the health care workforce and are indeed different from the physicians of the past.
Copyright © 2003-2025 Farlex, Inc Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.