old enough to be father

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   very much older than sb (especially used to suggest that a romantic or sexual relationship between the two people is not appropriate)

   I'm old enough to be your father.

   You're kidding. You're old enough To be his mother.

In the movies · 2

• I'm old enough to be your father.Faces1968
• You're kidding. You're old enough To be his mother.Phantom of the Paradise1974
• He was old enough to be your father.Nightmare Alley2021
• ...since I'm old enough to be your father...Scarlet Street1945

From the same entry

• any old how
• any old
• as old as the hills
• for old times' sake
• the good old days
• of old
• old boy, chap, man
• old enough to know better
• an old head on young shoulders
• the old story
• an old wives' tale
• one of the old school