Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Old"

A: It means the audience of the attempted joke is chán quá. Boring = chán. Old = cũ (in this case, it refers to the person không hiểu the joke, hence alluding that they are out of touch). Bunch = In this case, it refers to the người.

A: The person is saying that while introducing themselves they said their age.

A: that's not a current expression.... but here's one: SOUR PUSS

that would refer to someone who is generally NOT HAPPY about anything.

A: antigo/velho

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A: thank you

A: The 60 year old man uses a cane.
The bread is old and rotten
My old phone broke, now I use this new one.

A: 1. he’s almost as old as you
2. he isn’t as old as his friend
3. she’s as old as mom

A: My grandmother is really old. How old do you think that cat is? My car is so old that it is rusting. (I am older than you by two years. )

A: Too old?

• He is too old to work as a carpenter.

• The pig is too old, it's meat wouldn't taste good.

• This watch is too old, it won't fetch a good price.

I'm sorry if I perceived wrongly.

A: no difference. sometime in the south we throw in ole' which sounds like "old". it's just an expression.

A: Ancient is used a few ways.

1. Used as a historical descriptor (usually something very far in the past, often something that doesn't exist any more).
"The buildings in ancient Rome were very beautiful."
"Ancient Greek is a cool language."

2. As an emphasis on something that is old. Ancient can be used as "very old".
"This lamp is ancient."
"Your grandmother is ancient!"

A: こたさわ Nepelope08!

The difference between both words depends on its use together with context.

Examples:

OLD in it by itself means OLD
(old in age / years / time)

My parents are OLD. Though I could be "10 years OLD" and my parents only "30 years OLD." Though compared to me my parents are OLDER, and even though my parents are still young, they're still OLD (older than me).

My car is 2 years OLD.
My car is as OLD as time.

In the other hand; ELDER is a word or symbol of HONOR used to signify RESPECT to an OLDER person whether that person is part of your same (tribe / society / group) or not. Many times when someone refers to another as an ELDER, that ELDER has sometype of special position or status within that group.

Example:

The ELDER of my tribe has spoken!
The ELDER of my church is very nice.
The ELDERS had a meeting.

In general the word ELDER portrays that that person is OLD or OLDER than the speaker but that's not always the case.

I hope this can be helpful to you!

A: "Old" can be used for anything, while "elderly" is usually only for people and animals. It is also more polite to call someone "elderly" than "old".

A: Decrepit makes it seem like the thing is falling apart because it is so old.

A: “the old” here is a colloquialism that is not used so much these days. It doesn’t mean old, it is actually quite hard to explain, but it is a way of sounding jovial. It sort of means something more like “the barbecue (that we’re both very familiar with)”, but it is more like an attempt to sound fun/funny. That phrase is more often used ironically now because it sounds a bit naff in modern times.

A: @Misithia

A: ''how old are you?'' is correct

A: How old are you is perfect. But be careful -- this is not always a polite question in Anglo phone countries!

A: How old are you?

A: × Old people have accounted for most of the population in Japan recently.
✓ Elderly people currently account for most of the population of Japan.

× When taking a walk, I come across more and more old people on the streets.
✓ When I go for a walk, I come across more and more old people on the streets.

× I met with an old man with his back bending over this morning.
✓ I came across an old man with his back bent over this morning.

× To be strange, he was walking dragging a long strip down .
✓ Oddly, he was dragging a long piece of string behind him.

× He might have been worried about being lost on the way.
✓ He might have been worried about getting lost along the way.

I would say "elderly" instead of "old," on the first sentence. It's a little more formal and polite way to open the paragraph.

I wouldn't use "met" in the third sentence unless you actually talked to the man and introduced yourself. I think you just observed (watched) him.

Not sure what you meant by "strip," I guessed maybe string.

A: 雪だるま
snowman

母校
old school, alma mater

"The snowman is at my old school."
"It's at my alma mater."
"It's at my old school."
"Here's a picture of a snowman at my alma mater."

I think I tend to use "alma mater", but I might say "old school" sometimes, and that might just be my own idiosyncratic preference.

A: are you trying to say: two old people, who are sitting across from me, are staring at me

A: "Someone may leave earth, but they will never leave our memories"

Or

"Lost ones will never be forgotten"