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What's the meaning of "x-rated" idiom? Please give me some examples!

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Idiom Conjugations:

 
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Gerund Form of the Idiom:

Being x-rated usually means a movie that shows sexually explicit scenes.
 
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Idiom Usage:

This idiom is used to describe something that is not suitable for children because it contains material for adults only.  These materials may include sexually explicit images, extreme violence or situations that would not be healthy for children.
 
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Idiom Scenario 2:


Kathy and Joe are watching a movie one afternoon.  The movie is very violent and shows a lot of blood and murders.  There is a great deal of offensive foul language in the movie.  About half way through the movie, Kathy asks Joe what the rating on the movie is.  Joe picks up the movie case and reads...
"The movie has an x-rating for violence."
 

 
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Idiom Scenario 1:


Fourteen year old Johnny and his mother are sitting on the couch one evening watching television together.  At 10pm, the television announces the next movie that will be on TV.  Johnny asks his mother if he can stay up and watch the movie.  Johnny's mother tells Johnny that he can not watch the movie because it contains scenes that show full frontal nudity and sex.  Johnny pleads with his mother to watch the movie.  Johnny's mother finally replies...
"No, Johnny, the movie is not suitable for children.  It is x-rated."
 

 

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Idiom Definition:


"to be x-rated"
not suitable for children
 
Synonyms:
adult, bawdy, dirty, erotic, hard-core, immoral, indecent, lascivious, lewd, obscene, off-color, offensive, porn, porno, pornographic, raunchy, sex, sexual, smutty, steamy
 
 
An x-rated statue. - - - - ->  a bronze statue of a naked David with his private parts showing.



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