Meaning: adulthood

'ædʌlthʊd
n.
the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developedthe state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity

hood Idiom, Proverb

hood

teenage boy involved in crime, hoodlum Ron looks like a hood, but he's a good boy - and a good student.

motherhood and apple pie

statements about mom and home etc. The audience wants news and facts, not motherhood and apple pie.

toney neighborhood

a district that has expensive houses The Kitigawas bought a large house in a toney neighborhood.

all good in tha hood

everything's cool

down for the hood

loyal to the neighborhood

hood rat

a street character; someone who hangs around the hood

hoodie

t-shirt or sweatshirt with hood attached to it

hoodlum

a criminal; drugdealer, car thief, stick up kid

hoodrat

female, generally sexually promiscuous, and not upwardly mobile; see also hood rat

Neighbourhood Family

South Central Blood set associated with Cypress Hill

the hood

see hood (3)

in all likelihood

very likely很有可能
In all likelihood I'll be away for Shanghai for two weeks．很可能我要去上海两周。

in one's second childhood

Idiom(s): in one's second childhood

Theme: CHILDHOOD

being interested in things or people that normally interest children.
• My father bought himself a toy train, and my mother said he was in his second childhood.
• Whenever I go to the river and throw stones, I feel as if I'm in my second childhood.

all around Robin Hood's barn

Idiom(s): all around Robin Hood's barn

Theme: EVERYWHERE

going somewhere not by a direct route; going way out of the way [to get somewhere]; by a long and circuitous route.
• We had to go all around Robin Hood's barn to get to the little town.
• She walked all around Robin Hood's barn looking for a shop that sold Finnish glassware.

second childhood|childhood|second

n. phr. Senility; dotage. "Grandpa is in his second childhood; we must make allowances for him at the dinner table," my mother said, as Grandpa dropped food all over the place.

in the neighborhood of

in the neighborhood of
Also, in the region of. Approximately, about, as in They paid in the neighborhood of a million dollars, or I don't know exactly what the exchange rate is—somewhere in the region of 95 yen to the dollar. The first expression dates from the mid-1800s, the variant from the mid-1900s.

neighborhood

neighborhood
in the neighborhood of
â Informal
1) near; close to (a place)
2) about; approximately (the age, amount, etc. specified)

second childhood

second childhood
The dotage of old age; also, childlike playfulness in an adult. For example, Grandpa needs full-time care, now that he's in his second childhood, or Since he retired and started learning to fly, he's been in his second childhood. Depending on the context, this term may allude either to such problems of old age as losing one's mental or physical capacities or to delighting in new pleasures in a childlike fashion. [c. 1900]