the grand old age of

the grand old age of

The very old age of. My grandfather passed away this weekend. He lead a remarkable life and lived to the grand old age of 98.
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a/the ˌgrand old ˈage

a great age: She finally learned to drive at the grand old age of 65.
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References in periodicals archive
Funnily enough, the criticism came from an observer insistent that it was 'tacky' as she's the grand old age of 50.
I MUST pay tribute to a dear friend and colleague Ivor Broadis, who has died at the grand old age of 96.
DUDLEY Zoo's black bear Inca has died at the grand old age of 38.
There was also a place for midfielder Corentin Tolisso, who is 23, in an XI captained by Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, the veteran of the bunch at the grand old age of 31.With an average age of 24 years and six months, it is the youngest XI to appear for France in their first fixture at a World Cup since the side that faced Mexico at the 1930 tournament in Uruguay.
Mr Castle, who is married to Vicky, continued: "My parents didn't worry at all as the group leader, at the grand old age of 14, would look after us."
But now, at the grand old age of 140 in human years, Snowy has coped with the change in his life and is happily settled in his new home with his owner, Margaret Millar.
IT IS with a heavy heart that I write about the passing of Lombard Ships, a lowly rated mare who, after retiring from racing at the age of six in 1993 lived on to the grand old age of 31.
BRITAIN'S oldest mayoress has proudly returned to the role for the second time - at the grand old age of 93.
Marlon the Kunekune pig from Warwickshire's Hoar Park Farm died last month at the grand old age of 15.
I WILL not been joining the queue to back-slap Dana Powell, an individual featured in last week's Sunday Mercury for making his boxing debut at the grand old age of 60.
THE average age at which people finally feel financially mature is 20 years into adulthood - at the grand old age of 38 - a study suggests.
In October this year I will reach the grand old age of 75 and thus will no longer (well hopefully) have to pay this licence.
I'll be hitting the grand old age of three this week, and as a result, I've been reflecting quite a lot lately on the unstoppable and irreversible passage I'll be hitting the grand old age of three this week, and as a result, I've been reflecting quite a lot lately on the unstoppable and irreversible passage of time.
4 2 was the grand old age of Roger Milla when he scored his last goal for Cameroon.
Dino Zoff, meanwhile, is the oldest player to appear in the Final, turning out for Italy in the 1982 showpiece at the grand old age of 40.