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Bookmark or Share- grow old vs age - WordReference ForumsThe books grow old, too. Their covers fray, the spines crack, the pages go dog-eared." Ten ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child by Anthony Esolen "Two reasons for this: First, all books grow old, and those I published in the early years generally found their audience back then." Notjohn's Guide to E-Book Formatting by N J Notjohn
- wear one's trousers rolled - WordReference ForumsThat's because you're young, hip, cool and on the make. Now if you were old, you'd buy trousers that were any length, but preferably much too long, and you would roll them up – either one roll or several – to keep from stepping on them and maybe let a little breeze circulate around those scrawny calves.
- Teenaged daughters or teenage daughters? - WordReference Forumsold-aged, middle-aged, and -- possibly -- teenaged. EDIT : I've got nothing against using a teenaged daughter, and I do use it myself, in the same way as I would use a blue-eyed daugter. But I see no reason to forbid teenage daughter while at the same time allowing baby daughter, for instance.
- grow old vs gets older - WordReference Forums2. Yes, "grow older" is also used. We can use "get/grow/become" with "old/older". 3. "grow old" and "grow older" do not have the same meaning: "Old" usually means an age greater than 60. "Everyone grows old eventually" means "everyone becomes 60 eventually". "Grow older" means become older than before. Children "grow older every year".
- Grow some balls - to act more mature? - WordReference ForumsThe phrase "grow some balls" or " grow a pair", used to apply only to timorous or weak men who were afraid to speak up or take a brave stance. Unfortunately, we find all too often in North American English that it is used also in reference to women, particularly in political situations.
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