English Dictionary

December bride

名詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) A woman who marries when she is significantly older than most brides.

日本語の意味

ほとんどの花嫁よりもかなり年上で結婚する女性

At the family reunion, everyone joked that she was the December bride, having waited until her forties to finally get married.

家族の集まりで、皆は彼女が晩婚の花嫁だと冗談を言った。彼女はついに40代になるまで結婚を待っていたのだ。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) A woman who marries when she is significantly older than most brides.

She was too old. Too dried-up. A December bride rescued from spinsterhood and assigned the place of helpmeet, companion, cook and laundress, with the sex thrown in as a bonus.

December brides （ plural ）