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emmêler la vieillesse à l’âge vert

English translation: to confuse old age with immaturity


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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
French term or phrase: emmêler la vieillesse à l’âge vert
"Mêler la jeunesse ivre à l’âge ingrat, emmêler la vieillesse à l’âge vert, "

From a description of "hippy philosophy" pensée hippy
David Vaughn
France
Local time: 15:07
English translation:to confuse old age with immaturity
Explanation:
emmeler is not only to mingle or mix, it implies "mixed up"... depending on the register of the text, my sense is that "to confuse" is a good way to express this... "age vert" refers to unripe, that is... immature
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Atelier de Mots
Switzerland
Local time: 15:07
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4 +4to confuse old age with immaturity
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to confuse old age with immaturity


Explanation:
emmeler is not only to mingle or mix, it implies "mixed up"... depending on the register of the text, my sense is that "to confuse" is a good way to express this... "age vert" refers to unripe, that is... immature

Atelier de Mots
Switzerland
Local time: 15:07
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PRO pts in category: 4

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