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"Old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth" nghĩa là gì?
08 Jan, 2024
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“As old as my tongue/eyes and a little older than my teeth” = già như lưỡi/đôi mắt và già hơn răng một chút -> trả lời khi bạn không rõ tuổi của ai hoặc không muốn trả lời trực tiếp về tuổi của mình.
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"I'm as old as my tongue and a little bit older than my teeth," my grandmother always used to say when asked impertinently (xấc xược) about her age.
Petite (nhỏ nhắn) and lovely, Vinie was born in Harlem Hospital, but she guards (bảo vệ) her age carefully. “I'm as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth,” she says.
"How old are you? I never knew how old you were.” Jone asked.
She actually laughed a little, showing her broad white teeth: “As old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth,”.
He was good-looking. Then he opened his mouth, and you saw that his teeth were stained (ố vàng) and discoloured and worn (mòn) - they were the teeth of an old man. I thought of my grandmother. 'I'm as old as my eyes and a little older than my teeth,' was her coy riposte (đáp trả rụt rè) if anyone was coarse (vô lễ) enough to mention her age.
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