It's a term for when an older man or woman is having a sexual relationship with a much younger man or woman. The ages are along the lines of a 40-50 year old in a relationship with an 18-25 year old.
The noun 'cradle' is a singular, common, concrete noun; a word for a piece of furniture, a thing. The word 'cradle' is also a verb (cradle, cradles, cradling, cradled).
It may be an acronym for commercial organic fertiliser, Cradle of Filth and covalent organic framework, among many other things.
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cradle of fish
A Cradle
If you're referring to someone dating a much younger person, they are most definitely "robbing the cradle" and "grave snatching" is it's antonym. But if you mean the "the hand that rocks the cradle" the early 90's thriller or the poem from over 100 years ago with the same name, then "rock the cradle" is correct...
Cradle-Snatching, or Cradle-robbing, especially if the younger person is a teenager. More generally, this is known as a May-December relationship.
My dog is very good at snatching cookies from the table.
From the cradle to the grave means from birth until death; a person's entire life.
It means cradle
Snatching a Peep - 1985 was released on: USA: 1985
Everything that we have now could, depend on it
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Cradle of civilization means the place where civilization began to flourish. Civilization was able to thrive because it had what it needed.
"Carring" the puck in the hockey stick
Other than the Hand that Rocked the Cradle movie, this means exactly what it says. "Robbing the Cradle" is probably what you mean....it's ok people get it mixed up all the time. OR... ~ Rock the Cradle: It can also referring to "make love", or "make babies"
Stealing buns.