big enough and ugly enough

English

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(informal) Mature, grown-up, old enough (with the implication that one can look after oneself and make one's own decisions).
- 2002, Nokuthula Mazibuko, In the Fast Lane‎^[1], →ISBN, page 59:
  Her aunt answered, 'You just go off my child. There are two young women here who are big enough and ugly enough to help me with the dishes.'
- 2014, Maggie Caldwell, Deceitful Desires‎^[2], →ISBN, page 345:
  Don't worry – he'll come home. He's big enough and ugly enough to look after himself.