If a thirty-year-oldguyperson behaves like a kid,thenwhatdo we need tocould I say to them to make it clear I think they should behave like a thirty-year-old?
Is it correct to say "Behave your age"?
Is it natural to say to somebody, ""Act your age"?
That's a strange question when both Skrej and emsr2d2 have told us it's the standard expression.Is it natural to say to somebody, ""Act your age"?
In the UK, it's sometimes sarcastically followed by ' ... not your shoe size'. I guess that doesn't work in other countries.
I don't don't the correctness of the phrase, but isn't it a bit nasty and insulting to say that directly to someone?That's a strange question when both Skrej and emsr2d2 have told us it's the standard expression.
Yes, it is.I don't dispute the correctness of the phrase, but isn't it a bit nasty and insulting to say that directly to someone?
I don't see it as nasty or insulting. It would frequently be said with a wry smile, making it clear that you're being slightly sarcastic but you still mean what you say.I don't don't the correctness of the phrase, but isn't it a bit nasty and insulting to say that directly to someone?
I don't don't the correctness of the phrase, but isn't it a bit nasty and insulting to say that directly to someone?