twilight

twilight 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, who had been expecting to live off of their pensions in their twilight years. I always wanted to spend my twilight years off the coast of Portugal.
See also: twilight, year

twilight zone

An ambiguous area between the boundaries of two concepts, conditions, etc.; a gray area. The phrase originated before it became the title of the popular television show. Unfortunately, his citizenship status is in the twilight zone now that the courts are reviewing the legality of the immigration restrictions. Jeff and I somehow ended up holding hands at the movie last night, and now we're in this weird twilight zone between friendship and dating.
See also: twilight, zone
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

twilight years

Fig. the last years before death. In his twilight years, he became more mellow and stopped yelling at people.
See also: twilight, year
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • one's sunset years
  • sunset years
  • 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)
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The "Twilight" finale also won for worst screen ensemble and worst remake, rip-off or sequel.
Razzies put bite on 'Twilight' as worst picture
“In our digital age, a company like Twilight Cleaning Services needs a search engine-optimized Web site in order to remain competitive against other local cleaning services,” states Matt Gallo, Prospect Genius's SEO strategist.
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The event was the final premiere for The Twilight Saga.
Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2 German premiere
Twi-hards will be able to vamp it up and enjoy the whole Twilight story ending with the special midnight preview.
Five-star film marathon for Twilight fans; TheDailyPreview
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 has grossed over $700 million worldwide at the box office to date since its theatrical release on November 18, 2011.
BREAKING DAWN PART 1 Sells 3.2 Mil.in First Weekend
To mark the release of Breaking Dawn part one, both of Teesside's biggest cinemas pulled out all the stops, withMiddlesbrough's Cineworld and Stockton's Showcase both screening special "Twi-athalon" events, in which all the Twilight films were played back-to-back followed by the new release.
Getting teeth into story of vampires
Simply tell us which character Kristen Stewart plays in the Twilight Saga?
WIN hot date with Twilight
The first is the famous one called the Summer Triangle--though it doesn't reach its highest in late twilight until September.
A crack between the worlds: the time between day and night is magical
Each recipe is introduced with a quote from the Twilight series, none of which relate directly to the recipe but do relate to food in general.
Meyers, Gina. Love at First Bite: The Unofficial Twilight Cook Book. iUniverse
Twilight Eclipse Jewellery box, pounds 17.99, play.com
ACCESSORIES
Tickets to see Twilight and New Moon as a double bill are available for the special price of pounds 5, with the screening of the new film - TheTwilight Saga: Eclipse - costing pounds 6.70 for adults, pounds 5.05 for kids and senior citizens and pounds 5.70 for students.
Win tickets to an exclusive Twilight triple screening
Just 15 miles from Forks is the home of the other third of the Twilight love triangle - Jacob Black.
TWILIGHT ZONES; Visit locations famous made films
Meanwhile, the next chapter in the tale, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, is vying to be named the most anticipated movie of the summer, against the likes of The A-Team, The Karate Kid, Shrek Forever After and Sex And The City 2.
Twilight series among top fantasy favourites vying for movie award
A similar event last year called The Twilight Zone was a sell out.
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