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the twilight years
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the last years of someone's life
A gentle, polite way to talk about old age. 'Twilight' is the soft light before night. It is always plural.
In context
My grandparents are enjoying their twilight years in a small village near Hue.
He spent the twilight years of his career teaching young engineers.
More idioms about time
- a blast from the pastsomething or someone that suddenly reminds you of an earlier time
- a long time comingif something is a long time coming, people have waited a long time for it
- a matter of timecertain to happen, although you do not know exactly when
- a race against timea situation where you must hurry to finish before time runs out
- a sign of the timessomething that shows how society is now, often in a bad way