n.
a game played with string looped over the fingers

cat's cradle Idiom, Proverb

rob the cradle

court a person who is too young, date a minor You're seeing Lisa? She's only 17! That's robbing the cradle!

cradle snatcher

derogatory term for a person who dates or marries someone considerably younger than themselves

from the cradle to the grave

Idiom(s): from the cradle to the grave

Theme: COMPLETELY

from birth to death.
• The government promised to take care of us from the cradle to the grave.
• You can feel secure and well protected from the cradle to the grave.

Hand that rocks the cradle

Women have a great power and influence because they have the greatest influence over the development of children- the hand that rocks the cradle. ('The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world' is the full form.)

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Mothers who care for their children are creating the next generation of men.

cradle-robber|cradle|rob|robber

n. The judge died when he was seventy. He was a real cradle-robber because he left a thirty-year-old widow. -

cradle-robbing|cradle|rob|robbing

adj. or n. Bob is seventeen and I just saw him with a girl about twelve years old. Has he started cradle-robbing? No, that girl was his sister, not his date!

rob the cradle|cradle|rob

v. phr., informal To have dates with or marry a person much younger than yourself. When the old woman married a young man, everyone said she was robbing the cradle. -

cradle

cradle
see from the cradle to the grave; rob the cradle.

cat's cradle

Something intricately or ever circuitous and/or elaborate. Likened to the children's bold of the aforementioned name in which cord is anguish about and amid one's fingers to actualize intricate patterns. The new healthcare legislation is a abstract cat's cradle of regulations, requirements, and loopholes.Learn more: cradle

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