Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
older side
English answer:
on the older side = a bit old
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S.J
Sep 2, 2021 15:57
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English term
older side
Non-PRO
English
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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
older side
- I've yet felt the need to pay for female company, though I suggest you're a shade on the older side to demand too steep a value.
- Good. Because I own a paper.
The situation is a newspaper owner (woman), trying to convince someone to publish ads in her newspaper. The only context before that is "I have a business proposition".
The conversation is not in our age.
Thanks in advance,
- Good. Because I own a paper.
The situation is a newspaper owner (woman), trying to convince someone to publish ads in her newspaper. The only context before that is "I have a business proposition".
The conversation is not in our age.
Thanks in advance,
Responses
| 5 +3 | on the older side = a bit old |
philgoddard
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| 5 -4 | You are a shade on the older side |
G. M. Khan
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Responses
+3
10 mins
philgoddard
United States
United States
Native in English
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English
United States
Six languages into flawless English
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
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on the older side = a bit old
That's what it means.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Tony M
41 mins
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| agree |
Victoria Britten
: A bit (too) old
3 hrs
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| agree |
Yvonne Gallagher
8 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you."
-4
19 hrs
G. M. Khan
Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan
18 years of successful legal translation
Native in: Urdu (Variant: Pakistan)
Works in: English to Urdu, Urdu to English, Punjabi to English, and 3 more.
You are a shade on the older side
Here 'older side' refers to her own age, who may be old enough to dislike the shade against sunlight. Shade refers to the high/ steep rate, therefore the entire dialogue means that she will pay her (company) no matter how unjustly high her rates be.
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
writeaway
: 100% confidence is a bit much for this very confusing and not 100% correct explanation
2 hrs
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| disagree |
philgoddard
: It's not even 1% correct, nothing to do with sunlight or high rates.
2 hrs
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| disagree |
Tony M
: I'm afraid this has very little if anything to do with the actual meaning of the EN s/t!
4 hrs
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| disagree |
Yvonne Gallagher
: 100% wrong explanation
1 day 1 min
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