A fellow don described him as being descended from a long line of maiden aunts.
There are too many so-called leaders of opinion in this country, addressing the nation as if it mainly consisted of maiden aunts and old women in trousers.
This is going to reduce the theatre to a maiden aunt's charade, where nobody is allowed to see anything except what is pleasant.
You might say that the failure of morale in war-time is due to the absence of a sufficient number of maiden aunts.
It was a speech of a maiden aunt in a lions' den.
It seemed to me very much like an aged maiden aunt trying to instruct her modern grandniece in the facts of life.
It reminded me in some ways of a maiden aunt trying to explain the facts of life to her more sophisticated nephews.
I speak with some feeling, being a maiden aunt myself.
