coffin dodger
noun [ C ] UK informal offensive uk/ˈkɒf.ɪn ˌdɒdʒ.ər/ us/ˈkɑː.fɪn ˌdɑː.dʒɚ/
棺材骗子，老不死的（对老人侮辱性的称呼）
an insulting way of referring to an old person
The comments made by the researcher included calling old people "coffin dodgers". 这名研究人员的评论包括将老年人称为“棺材骗子”。
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- Grandparents go free, so you can get one of the coffin dodgers in without paying.
- The coffin dodgers were demanding a neo-Tudor design but after much debate, a more modern design was built.
- A pair of elderly men in woolly hats give us a cheery wave. “Round here we call them coffin dodgers,” says Colin.
- Only the elderly should be allowed to refer to one another, with knowing irony, as "coffin dodgers" or "old scrotes".