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词组 Costa Geriatrica
释义 Costa Geriatrica
noun
the south coast of England; Spain’s Costa Brava; any coastal area popular as a retirement destination; hence, also applied to non-coastal areas such as Henley-on-Thames UK
A jocular but nevertheless derisory reference to the number of old people that retire to the seaside.
  • New Society, 21 April 1977
  • [M]akes my dosh fetching them motors back off the Costa Geriatrica. — Jeremy Cameron, Brown Bread in Wengen, p. 16, 1999
  • “Madeira?” a friend had snorted. “Isn’t it a bit costa geriatrica?” Well, yes, there are a lot of older types snoozing by the pool[.] — Guardian, 13 October 2001
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