بهاندازهقدوقوارترفتارکن
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behave in a manner appropriate to someone of one’s age and not to someone younger.
If someone tells you to act your age, they are telling you to behave in a way that is suitable for someone your age, because they think you are behaving in a childish way.
“Act your age” is an idiom used to tell someone to behave in a manner appropriate for their age, often implying they are acting immaturely or childishly.
Here are some example sentences:
- “Come on, you’re not a child anymore, act your age!”
- “He’s always acting younger than he is, I wish he’d just act his age.”
- “Stop with the silly pranks, act your age!”
- “You’re acting like a teenager, but you’re 30 years old. Act your age.”
- “The idiom ‘act your age’ can be used in different contexts, but it always implies behaving in a way that is considered appropriate for one’s age.”
act your age
به اندازه قد و قوارت رفتارکن
act /ækt/
your /jɔːr/
age /eɪdʒ/
Act your age!
act (one’s) age
To behave in accordance with one’s expected level of maturity.Really, John, act your age a little. You’re like a child sometimes!I’m glad that Sarah is so committed to her studies, but sometimes I wish she would act her age and go out with her friends a bit.Would you two please act your age and stop carrying on in the middle of class?
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2024 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
Act your age!
Behave more maturely! (A rebuke for someone who is acting childish. Often said to a child who is acting like an even younger child.) Child: Aw, come on! Let me see your book! Mary: Be quiet and act your age. Don’t be such a baby!
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
