sweet summer child
Someone who is naive, or who has never experienced hardshipSomeone who is naive, or who has never experienced hardship.
» Tom is a sweet child.
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1 senses(idiomatic, often, sarcastic)Someone who is naive, or who has never experienced hardship.
Examples
7 sentencesTom is a sweet child.
Who's picking on my sweet child?
It is a sweet little child.
Good, good, you're a sweet child so you're going to bed now.
Oh, you sweet summer child.
Origin
As an idiomatic phrase, apparently from the fantasy novel A Game of Thrones (1996) by GeorAs an idiomatic phrase, apparently from the fantasy novel A Game of Thrones (1996) by George R. R. Martin, although isolated prior occurrences of the phrase go back to the 1800s. In the novel, a young boy is called a "sweet summer child" by an old woman, since seasons last for years in the novel's world and he has yet to experience winter. Later popularized by its use in the episode "Lord Snow" (2011) of the television adaptation Game of Thrones.
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Forms
plural: sweet summer children| Singular | sweet summer child |
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irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
4 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.