change of life

American  

noun

1. menopause.

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change of life British  

noun

1. a nontechnical name for menopause

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change of life Idioms  

1. Also, the change. Menopause. For example, After nine pregnancies, she was actually looking forward to the change of life, or She became quite moody during the change. [c. 1820]

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Etymology

Origin of change of life

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

“When Mad accepted me, that was a change of life, a change of mind, a change of everything. Somebody liked what I did,” Aragonés says.

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2022

"When you lose a partner of nearly 60 years it's a complete change of life," she said.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2022

“It’s not much of a change of life style, as we have lived separate lives for many years,” he wrote.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 5, 2017

“It was a change of life, a change in our country’s direction,” he said.

From Washington Times • Jan. 9, 2017

Then he asked me if I wasn’t interested in a change of life.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus