English Dictionary

Thatcher's children

noun

People who grew up or were born in the United Kingdom during the premiership of Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) and who adopted the ideology of Thatcherism.

Thatcher's children are now adults with families of their own.

意味（1）

People who grew up or were born in the United Kingdom during the premiership of Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) and who adopted the ideology of Thatcherism.

She has not begun to stem the tide of British ugliness—the yobbish teenagers shivering in their torn gear; the shoddy streets littered with fast-food packaging; the drunks urinating on London's tube platforms; the drug culture. It is facile to call those concerned “Thatcher's children”: she is not responsible for their actions.

意味（2）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Thatcher, children.

Margaret Thatcher is a former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Denis Thatcher is her husband, and Mark Thatcher and Carol Thatcher are Thatcher's children.