rob the cradle | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,disapproving)Tomarryor becomeromanticallyinvolved with a muchyoungerperson, especially one from a youngergeneration.2004January 8, Karen Thomas, “Cameron won't pull a Britney”, inUSA Today:The actress, 31, also pooh-poohs the notion that she'srobbing the cradlewith Timberlake, 22.; (idiomatic,disapproving)To use a young person for a purposeinappropriateto their age.1879,John McElroy, chapter 29, inAndersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons:They were ordered to the field, and their places filled by the Georgia "Reserves," an organization of boys under, and men over the military age. As General Grant aptly-phrased it, "They hadrobbed the cradleand the grave," in forming these regiments.

Examples:

EN: Look, you may be tough but I don't rob the cradle.
ES: Quizá seas rudo, pero no me gustas.
EN: Too hip to rob the cradle, no matter how many points.
ES: No asaltaré una cuna, sin importar cuántos puntos me dé.
EN: You came down here to rob the cradle, Mrs Robinson?
ES: ¿Has venido aquí para seducir a.. un niño, Sra. Robinson?
ID: Kau turun untuk merampok ayunan, Nn. Robinson?
EN: Don't let the political class rob the cradle . . . of liberty.
HI: सेना को राजनीतिक रोटियां सेंकने का जरिया न बनाएं. . .
EN: She likes to rob the cradle.
TE: ఆమెకు చొక్కా ఫ్యాంటు ధరించడం ఇష్టం.

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