八はち十じゅうの手て習ならい

expression

you're never too old to learn

Proverb encouraging lifelong learning, literally 'learning calligraphy at eighty'. Used to express that it's never too late to start something new.

• 八はち十じゅうの手て習ならいというから、今いまからでも新あたらしいことを始はじめよう。

  They say you're never too old to learn, so let's start something new even now.