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  • young at heart
    youthful, despite being old
  • a fair weather friend
    a friend who deserts you when you have difficulties
  • ripe old age
    very old age
  • I'm over the hill
    old, past my best years
  • come of age
    reach maturity, or have the same legal rights as adults
  • a family heirloom
    an object that has been passed down through the generations of a family
  • tender age
    very young age
  • bright young things
    young, enthusiastic, fashionable or ambitious people
  • bridges the generation gap
    appeals to people of all ages
  • getting on in years
    getting old
  • kept in touch with
    continued to be in contact with
  • bringing up
    teaching a child how to behave
  • got off on the wrong foot
    started a relationship badly
  • wet behind the ears
    young and inexperienced
  • a family friend
    someone who has known your family for some time
  • as old as the hills
    extremely old
  • losing touch with
    no longer being in contact with
  • a close-knit family
    a loyal and supportive family
  • great age
    very old age
  • acting his age
    behaving in a way appropriate to his age
  • the black sheep of the family
    someone who brings shame to the family or is the odd one in the family
  • a mutual friend
    a shared friend of two people
  • long in the tooth
    old
  • get on like a house on fire
    get along extremely well; have a good relationship
  • I feel my age
    I am conscious of being older
  • a soulmate
    the perfect person to be a friend of partner
  • immediate family
    close family, such as parents, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters
  • start a family
    have children
  • a chip off the old block
    very similar to someone in the family
  • in the prime of my life
    at my best, healthy and succesful
  • drifted apart
    slowly become less friendly or close to each other
  • extended family
    wider family, such as grandparents, cousins, nephews, and nieces
  • knee hight to a grasshopper
    very young
  • twilight years
    the last years of someone's life
  • that awkward age
    the period of adolescence when people feel very self-conscious
  • struck up a friendship with
    became friends with
  • no spring chicken
    no longer young
  • hit it off
    become friends very quickly
  • improve with age
    get better when you get older
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