sweet sixteen

sweet sixteen

A teenager's sixteenth birthday, especially when considered as a rite of passage and sign of maturity. Most commonly said of girls. I don't want some big sweet sixteen party, Mom, really. I just want to go for my permit test. I can't wait to turn sweet sixteen so I can drive and have a later curfew!
See also: sweet
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • (someone or something) to be reckoned with
  • steenth
  • that feeling when
  • rite of passage
  • no love lost between them, there's
  • give someone his/her head, to
  • same same, but different
  • there's something in the wind
  • that feel when
  • silver-tongued orator