(会員）9月15日（月）２３：００ ～ 英会話生放送レッスン -aging & NEWS!
I assumed you all understood why I chose today's topic. Yes?
It’s “Respect for the Aged” Day
1. a spring chicken
You’re no spring chicken.
2. to rob the cradle
I can’t believe he’s dating an 18 year old! Talk about robbing the cradle.
3. an old fogey
4. an old fart
5. an old bag
6. my old man=my dad, or my husband
7. my old lady=my mom, or my wife
8. in one’s early/middle/late 20s/30s/40s/etc.
I’m in my early 20s. He’s in his mid 50s. She’s in her late 80s.
9. to be over the hill
10. He’s getting on (in years).
11. He’s getting up there?
12. a centenarian = sb 100 years old or older
The oldest man is also Japanese, 111-year-old Sakari Momoi.
Somewhat appropriately, one of the Japanese characters in Momoi’s last name means “100.”
13. The silence was deafening.
I live in "Shitamachi" Tokyo and the silence is just deafening.
14. She disappeared. = She went missing.
Now she is missing.
Her parents are frantic.
Her parents are worried to death.
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