Aging and Youth

Aging and Youth

 

 

Idioms

• over the hill = old, past the prime of life
• wet behind the ears = inexperienced, new, just beginning
• Get off my lawn = The phrase presents the supposed reaction of a stereotypical elderly middle-class homeowner confronting boisterous children entering or crossing his [or her] property.

 

ex1) When I was in college, I thought anyone over 30 was over the hill. Now, 30 sounds young!

ex2) When I started grad school, I was a bit wet behind the ears. I had trouble understanding my professors' expectations.

ex3) At about 1:30 in the morning I heard a bunch of people talking and laughing on the sidewalk outside my apartment. I used to do the same thing when I was younger and out with friends, but I needed to sleep last night! I was like, "Get off my lawn!"

 

Quotations and Questiongs

 

Youth is wasted on the young.

Source unknown

 

Women may be the one group that grows more radical with age.

Gloria Steinem (b.1934), U.S. journalist and activist