one's sunset years
sunset years
The final years of a person's life, especially those spent in retirement. The economic crash has been especially devastating to the retired and the elderly, whose pensions they had been expecting to live off of in their sunset years have now evaporated in a matter of days.
See also: sunset, year
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
one's sunset years
Euph. one's old age. Many people in their sunset years love to travel. Now is the time to think about financial planning for your sunset years.
See also: sunset, year
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- sunset years
- twilight
- twilight years
- old enough to be (one's) mother
- old enough to be mother
- not (all) that good/bad/well/poor/etc.
- not all that good, well, etc.
- rumble on
- the advantage of
- the advantage of (something)