of a certain age

釋義

1. 不算年輕的；年紀不輕的；中年的

   if you talk about a person being of a certain age, you mean that they are no longer young but not yet old

   The show appeals to an audience of a certain age.這個節目中年觀眾感興趣。

電影裡這樣說 · 6 部

• Getting on everybody's tits. Past a certain age.The Father2020
• We never free a mind once it's reached a certain age.The Matrix1999
• You get to a certain age... I can't go to the places I used to.Another Year2010
• Turn a certain age, you cease to exist. Cease to matter.The Beekeeper2024
• A woman gets to be over a certain age, it becomes a different ball game!Husbands and Wives1992
• It's like, you get to a certain age and you stop being a writer who waits tables and you become a waiter with a hobby.tick, tick... BOOM!2021

在完整場景裡學

• 又一年2010
  • 診所裡求開安眠藥：taken your time（拖了這麼久才來）
  • 諮詢裡給自己幸福打一分：the boot on the other foot（情況反過來）
  • 午休小酌吐露心事：a sight for sore eyes（看著就讓人歡喜）
• 丈夫、太太與情人1992
  • 飯前宣佈兩人要分開：grow apart（漸漸疏遠）
  • 深夜夫妻翻婚姻舊賬：to the best of my knowledge（就我所知）
  • 電話裡逼問出同居：a different ball game（完全是另一回事）

同一詞條的短語

• for certain
• make certain
• make certain of doing