golden years

Definitions

1. 1

   Old age

   Old age; especially, the leisure years in later life after one has retired from employment.

   • To make the most of your golden years, study the points enumerated above and then resolve to do just the opposite.
   • If, by the time you are 50, you haven't started planning for retirement, the golden years won't be golden.
   • A huge wave of baby boomers may need long-term care in their golden years.
2. 2

   The period during which someone or something flourishes.

   • The later time of life, when white hairs show that reflection must take the place of action, may well be called golden years.
   • Certainly no champion in history was as all-conquering, as invulnerable, as was Mrs. Moody during her golden years.

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