sweet young thing

sweet young thing

A cute, innocent young girl or woman. You are 60 years old! How, in good conscience, can you date that sweet young thing? I love spending time with my niece, she's such a sweet young thing.
See also: sweet, thing, young
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • young
  • good die young
  • only the good die young
  • spring chicken
  • bright young thing
  • cut (one's) teeth in (something)
  • cut your teeth on something
  • young blood
  • an old head on young shoulders
  • young once
References in periodicals archive
Screenwriters Todd Phillips and Scot Armstrong attempt to sweeten the tone by introducing a romantic subplot for Mitch, embroiling him in a love triangle with sweet young thing Nicole (Pompeo) and her current beau Mark (Kilborn) who is, of course, a double-crossing lascivious sonofagun.
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Screenwriters Todd Phillips and Scot Armstrong attempt to sweeten the tone by introducing a romantic sub-plot for Mitch, embroiling him in a love triangle with sweet young thing Nicole (Ellen Pompeo) and her current beau Mark (Craig Kilborn) who is, of course, a double-crossing swine.
Sweet and sour taste of campus comedy
Emily Watson pops up as a sweet young thing who is arrested and starts getting Baleall weak at theknees.
Strange but true
She tells me that she really fancies Gaz from Supergrass but the sweet young thing hasn't had a chance to meet him yet.
Hot GOSS
I duly obliged and watched in astonishment as the sweet young thing downed a third skinful.
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THE sight of French actress Audrey Tautou surrounded by red roses and swooning in love will remind audiences of the sweet young thing she played in Amelie.
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I was a sweet young thing with long blonde hair - on my first day I was told to get into a Maid Marian frock and go to our oldest tree, the Major Oak, and be interviewed for local TV.
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Natasha Little from This Life is the heroine, Becky Sharp, while Nathaniel Parker is the cad who takes advantage of the sweet young thing. Lush and sumptuous to look at, exactly the sort of drama which the Beeb do so well.
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US reports have claimed that she is getting bad publicity after a series of incidents have spoiled her reputation as a sweet young thing.
Fear over Brit's bad girl image
"If I'd been a sweet young thing of 25 and he'd been a bright young thing of 27, then maybe we would have done the big thing.
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The street we live on has quietened over the years as the youngsters have morphed from sweet young things into the living dead.
Kids need to be more streetwise to play outdoors
Should we all bask in the "reflected glory" brought by these sweet young things or just "tsk-tsk" at the long-lost Maria Clara ideals?
Has Maria Clara left?
SUGABABES, as the name suggests,are sweet young things but there is nothing saccharine about them.
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Along with good friends Reese Witherspoon and Julia Stiles, she's one of the new generation of sweet young things.
That's why the lady is no vamp