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.
- (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