单词 | not getting any younger |
释义 | > as lemmasnot getting (also growing) any younger not getting (also growing) any younger and variants: used to express the inevitability of ageing or the passage of time, and frequently as an incitement to action. ΚΠ 1761 Library May 98 Her charms renew not their lustre, and..her faded beauties bloom not afresh; in short,..she does not grow younger.] 1841 Evergreen Apr. 228/1 I dare not. I feel that I'm not getting younger. 1894 Sunday Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 30 Dec. 8/3 You are 36 years old to-day and not growing any younger. 1943 K. Tennant Ride on Stranger xviii. 203 You're not getting any younger yourself, kid. 1981 J. Stubbs Ironmaster xv. 211 We are none of us growing any younger. 2003 C. Birch Turn again Home iii. 56 It's not that we don't love her, Grandad said, we do, but we're not getting any younger and it's a tremendous strain on Mam. < as lemmas |
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