六ろく十じゅうの三みつ子ご

expression

an old man is twice a child

Proverb meaning that elderly people can become childlike in behavior or need care similar to that of a young child.

• 祖そ父ふは最さい近きんわがままになってきたが、六ろく十じゅうの三みつ子ごというから仕し方かたない。

  My grandfather has become selfish lately, but as the saying goes, an old man is twice a child, so it can't be helped.