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погов., часто неодобр.an old man is like a child; an old man is no better than a babyМарина.
Старые, что малые, хочется, чтобы пожалел кто, а старых-то никому не жалко. (А. Чехов, Дядя Ваня) — Marina. The old are just like children. They want someone to be sorry for them. But no one ever cares for the old.Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > старый, что малый
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Set phrase: an old man is no better than a baby (used (often: disapprovingly) to mean: old people are like children- they can be as naive, silly, weak, wilful as children), old men are twice children
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