sweet young thing

English

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Noun

sweet young thing (plural sweet young things)

1. (idiomatic) An attractive young woman.

   I just know he's off spending the night with some sweet young thing he picked up in a bar.

2. (idiomatic) A sweet young woman.
   • 1881, Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady, Chapter XVIII:

     At last he said: "Isabel's a sweet young thing; but do you think she's so good as that?"

Usage notes

• Sometimes used condescendingly by older people.

See also

• bright young thing