🧠 WISDOM · beginner

🤖 Literally, in English

“Live an age — study an age.”

Вік живи — вік учись. Vik zhyvy — vik uchys

🤨 What does it ACTUALLY mean? →

🇬🇧 What you'd actually say

“You never stop learning.”

also: “You learn something new every day.” · “Live and learn.”

📖 Meaning
Learning continues for your whole life.
💡 Why it's funny
The literal version sounds like a life sentence handed down by a very strict school.
🧭 Closest English idiom
“Live and learn.”
📝 Explanation
Said after discovering something surprising, often about yourself, and often at an age when you thought you knew everything.

🧠 Learn

  • live and learn (idiom) — said when experience teaches you something new — вік живи — вік учись “I'll never trust that shop again — live and learn.”
  • lifelong (adjective) — lasting your whole life — довічний, на все життя “Learning is a lifelong process.”

🗣 In context

Не знав, що так можна. Вік живи — вік учись.

I had no idea you could do that. You never stop learning.

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Questions people ask

What does “Live an age — study an age.” mean?

Learning continues for your whole life.

How do you say «Вік живи — вік учись.» in English?

Naturally: “You never stop learning.”. The closest English idiom is “Live and learn.”.

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