Talk:could be someone's parent

Figurative?

Should this be tagged with {{figurative}}? I've only heard of this literally myself, but have heard old enough to be one's parent a lot. -- 124.171.169.189 12:50, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Not really figurative, IMO, just a sort of ellipsis for "could be (in terms of age)". Equinox ◑ 14:37, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

RFC discussion: September 2018

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one could be someone's parent

The name of this page is horrible! the one and the someone together, and the gender-neutral parent make this something so unlikely to be looked up in this form. Also, old enough to be one's parent sounds more lemma-y and catchy to me --XY3999 (talk) 13:59, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Both seem quite SoP to me, just common collocations. DCDuring (talk) 14:03, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

RFD discussion: September–November 2018

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could be someone's parent

Seems to be a collocation more than a lemma --XY3999 (talk) 15:03, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Agreed. Delete Kiwima (talk) 20:17, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

Delete --Robbie SWE (talk) 06:45, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Delete as SoP. — SGconlaw (talk) 06:48, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Delete. Fay Freak (talk) 22:23, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

Delete, SOP. Per utramque cavernam 15:32, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

• RFD failed. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 00:58, 5 November 2018 (UTC)