at a tender age

at a tender age
at a ˌtender ˈage | at the tender age of… idiom
used in connection with sb who is still young and does not have much experience

He left home at the tender age of 15.

She shouldn't be having to deal with problems like this

at such a tender age

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Main entry:tenderidiom

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  • tender age — tender (young) age : a very young age She left home at the tender young age of 14. He was playing the piano at a tender age. • • • Main Entry: ↑tender …   Useful english dictionary

  • tender age — index nonage Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • tender age of — See the tender age of …   English idioms

  • at the tender age of … — at a ˌtender ˈage | at the tender age of… idiom used in connection with sb who is still young and does not have much experience • He left home at the tender age of 15. • She shouldn t be having to deal with problems like this at such a tender age …   Useful english dictionary

  • tender age — Synonyms and related words: bloom, budtime, early years, florescence, flowering time, jeunesse, juvenescence, juvenility, my burning youth, my green age, prime of life, salad days, seedtime of life, springtime of life, tenderness, young blood,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • (a) tender age — a tender age phrase a time in your life when you are still young and lack experience Tennis players start at a more tender age these days. at the tender age of something: He was first elected at the tender age of 23. Thesaurus: general words… …   Useful english dictionary

  • a tender age — a time in your life when you are still young and lack experience Tennis players start at a more tender age these days. at the tender age of something: He was first elected at the tender age of 23 …   English dictionary

  • the tender age of — the young age of, still wet behind the ears    He was the tender age of three when his mother died …   English idioms

  • tender age — infancy …   English contemporary dictionary

  • tender young age — tender (young) age : a very young age She left home at the tender young age of 14. He was playing the piano at a tender age. • • • Main Entry: ↑tender …   Useful english dictionary

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