Time takes its toll
Posted by ESC on June 15, 2007
In Reply to: Time takes its toll posted by Cliff on June 15, 2007
: What does the phrase, "Time takes its toll on us" really mean and how did it come to be an expression?
Aging, the passage of time, extracts a price. Time wears down, weathers objects and people. But the passage of time can also add patina -- a surface appearance of something grown beautiful, especially with age or use (Merriam-Webster). Of course, wild women improve with age.
That's my little essay. Anyone have an origin?
- Time takes its toll Victoria S Dennis 15/June/07