winter of life
Old age metaphor
The winter of life is old age, the final stage before death.
The metaphor maps life onto seasons—spring is youth, summer is prime adulthood, autumn is middle age, and winter brings decline and ending.
In the winter of his life, he finally made peace with his estranged children.
The phrase carries a tone of gentle melancholy rather than harsh finality.
- twilightLight after sunset
- twilight yearsLate stage of life
- duskDimming after sundown
- elderlyAdvanced in age
- old ageAdvanced years of life
aging · decline · sunset · autumn · final chapter · frost · silver · silver hair · wisdom · memories · looking back · wrinkles · grandfather · grandmother · rocking chair · rocking horse · nursing home · fireplace
- agingaging process, aging body, biological age, aging workforce, aging parents
- life stagesbaby, teenager, adult, childhood, adolescence
- time sayingstime flies, time is money, time heals all wounds, time will tell, carpe diem
winter of lifespring of life
Source of vitality
youth · childhood · early years · infancy · prime of life
winter of lifeprime of life
Period of peak vigor
heyday · prime · bloom · flourishing · zenith
winter of lifespring of life
Source of vitality
springtime · dawn · midsummer · sunrise · new beginnings
winter, winters, wintered, wintering, wintry, wintertime, overwinter, midwinter, life