“Be in your dotage” nghĩa là gì?

“Be in one’s dotage” -> nghĩa là lẩm cẩm, lú lẫn do già cả.

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She added, “I think it’s sad they don’t want to be part of the family gathering, particularly now that the queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are in their dotage. The queen might be a little hurt but she’s far too gracious (hòa nhã, lịch thiệp, tốt bụng) to ever let it show or be known.”

Although he is in his dotage and there’s no world title around his waist, Mike Tyson is still a champion by heart, as he is ready to take on the former four-division champion Roy Jones Jr. on November 28. However, Tyson is not returning for money or fame. Instead, his return will stage a charitable venture to help people all over the world.

You don’t have to be in your dotage to recall the flaxen flanker’s (người tấn công bên sườn bằng lanh) mischievous habits (thói quen tác hại, ranh ma), whether by way of a piratical (có tính chất cướp bóc) playing style that suggested he thought the offside line was something for others to worry about or his infamous reshaping of the Calcutta Cup on a nocturnal rampage (hành vi bạo lực hoành hành về đêm) around the streets of Edinburgh.

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