VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Act one's age

Meaning:

  • to behave in a way that is appropriate for a particular age
  • be more mature
  • act more grown-up
  • To behave in accordance with one's expected level of maturity.

Examples:

  • Stop being childish and act your age.
  • Our 12-year old refuses to act her age and continues to suck her thumb.
  • Would you two please act your age and stop carrying on in the middle of class?
  • Come on, act your age! That food is for eating not for playing with!
  • I need a vacation. At home, I have three boys under the age of six, plus my husband refuses to act his age.
  • You need to grow up and act your age!
  • 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.
  • My grandchildren act their age with us and then go back home and make their parents' lives living hell.
  • Stop being silly and act your age!
  • Really, Neel, act your age a little. You're like a child sometimes!
  • My son never acted his age. He always behaved like an adult until he got married.