to rob the cradle
01
to get married with or date someone who is much younger than one
Dialect
American
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Disapproving
Idiom
Informal
例
John caused quite a scandal when he married a woman half his age. People said he had robbed the cradle.
She's in her 40s, but she's been robbing the cradle by dating a guy in his early 20s.
