once an adult and twice a child

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谚语
  1. Alternative form of once an adult, twice a child. alt-of,alternative
    — Mrs. Collins was nearly ninety years old. Her life fittingly illustrates the old proverb “Once an adult and twice a child.” For a number of years she had been indisposed in mind as well as in body and required almost as much care as a child.
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