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"On the wrong side of forty" nghĩa là gì?
04 Aug, 2018
on the right side of 30. Photo courtesy DJANDYW.COM AKA N.
'On the wrong side of forty' nghĩa là trên 40 tuổi.
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I’m on the wrong side of forty and recently stopped coloring my hair — a move my own mother termed “brave” in her best effort at being generous.
It probably explains why I have begun to feel deprived and irritable during vacations. The husband thinks I’m depressed about being on the wrong side of forty. He will never understand how a born-again vegetarian feels.
Mahesh Bhupathi: The 41-year-old has two mixed titles at Wimbledon and one doubles title (with Paes.) Along with Paes, Bhupathi has carried the torch for Indian tennis for so long that it seems almost unfair. He too is on the wrong side of forty now, and his results have been mediocre in recent times.
The people who worked at the Kozy were what my grandmother used to call “characters” — dishwashers who spoke only Spanish, a half deaf cook with flaming red hair and grey roots an inch wide, bitter waitresses on the wrong side of forty, and the owner, Mr. Stickney, a short, portly gentleman with pomaded grey hair cut military short on the sides. He was known behind his back as The Man Who Never Smiles.
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