sweet young thing
English
Noun
sweet young thing (plural sweet young things)
- (idiomatic) An attractive young woman.
- I just know he's off spending the night with some sweet young thing he picked up in a bar.
- (idiomatic) A sweet young woman.
- 1881, Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady, Chapter XVIII:
- At last he said: "Isabel's a sweet young thing; but do you think she's so good as that?"
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Usage notes
- Sometimes used condescendingly by older people.
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