in one's prime
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In vain he told himself that there were worse things than to be cut off in one's prime, that the tragedy of old age is a long tragedy, with but one end.
From Long Live the King! by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
Adj. adolescent, pubescent, of age; of full age, of ripe age; out of one's teens, grown up, mature, full grown, in one's prime, middle-aged, manly, virile, adult; womanly, matronly; marriageable, nubile.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
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