English Idioms

"when it's allowed to be five"

hoxie

User since 2010
Posts: 1

27 Jan. 2010

I saw this sentence in a text. Is it an expression? If yes, what does it mean ?
Thank you

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AhQ ['a: kiu]
User since 2006
Posts: 2715
27 Jan. 2010

When cat's away, the mice will play.
Bobby is 10. When the schoolmaster's away, Bobby feel free to pretend to be 5. All classmates rock the house. But are they actually allowed to be 5?

Teddy, Bobby's brother is sharp 5. He has just got to be 5 years old this very morning.
Sometimes Teddy feels it's hard to be five: sitting still, shutting up...
Sometimes Teddy feels it's great to be five: unlike Bobby, he has no homework to do.
When cat's away, the mice will play. Bobby is 10. When the schoolmaster's away, Bobby feel free to pretend to be 5. All classmates rock the house. But are they actually allowed to be 5? Teddy, Bobby's brother is sharp 5. He has just got to be 5 years old this very morning. Sometimes Teddy feels it's hard to be five: sitting still, shutting up... Sometimes Teddy feels it's great to be five: unlike Bobby, he has no homework to do.
JoggerOne
User since 2010
Posts: 4
19 Oct. 2010

I appreciate the way of the answer.
I appreciate the way of the answer.

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