this side of sth
mainly UKbefore reaching a particular age, date, place, etc.:
I can't believe she's this side of 50.
We don't expect to see Gideon this side of Christmas.
This is the best pizza I've eaten this side of (= anywhere other than) Rome.
Parenting is the most rewarding thing I will do this side of the grave (= in life).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Describing age & birthdays
- a ripe old age idiom
- age group
- age limit
- aged
- be knocking (on) 60, 70, etc. idiom
- gone
- junior
- nonagenarian
- octogenarian
- old
- on the right/wrong side of 40, 50, etc. idiom
- put years on sb idiom
- senior
- spring chicken
- take years off sb idiom
- teens
- turn
- twenty-first
- when sb was a (mere) twinkle in their father's eye idiom
- year
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