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Is the quote 'Once a man twice a child' a proverb or an idiom?
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∙ 14y ago
Does it mean what it seems to mean? That is how you tell.
Let's look at it - "Once a man, twice a child" would mean that you are a child twice, and a man once - or, you are childish, then you grow up, then you grow old and become childish again.
So it's not an idiom because an idiom would not make sense unless you knew exactly what it meant. It must be a proverb.
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