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Kirakira Posted 19 years ago
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fall between the cracks?

Please help me. I have looked up in Oxford dictionary but I couldn't find out the meaning of this phrase. I saw it in this sentence and I don't understand:' It is particularly ironic in light of the large number of old adults who are physically independent, that this group falls between the cracks in terms of understanding their physical capabilities'. What does' fall between the cracks' mean? Moreover, I'm confused about 'in terms of understanding their physical capabilities', does the write want to say ' in term of the old adults' abilities to understand the capabilities of themselves' or' in term of researchers' abilities to understand the capabilities od the old adults'?
  

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Kirakira Please help me. I have looked up in Oxford dictionary but I couldn't find out the meaning of this phrase. I saw it in this sentence and I don't understand:' It is particularly ironic in light of the large number of old adults who are physically independent, that this group falls between the cracks in terms of understanding their physical capabilities' .

— Philip

  • Kirakira Please help me.
  • I have looked up in Oxford dictionary but I couldn't find out the meaning of this phrase.
  • I saw it in this sentence and I don't understand:' It is particularly ironic in light of the large number of old adults who are physically independent, that this group falls between the cracks in terms of understanding their physical capabilities' .
  • What does' fall between the cracks' mean?
  • Moreover, I'm confused about 'in terms of understanding their physical capabilities', does the write want to say ' in term of the old adults' abilities to understand the capabilities of themselves ' or' in term of researchers' abilities to understand the capabilities od the old adults'?
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KirakiraPlease help me. I have looked up in Oxford dictionary but I couldn't find out the meaning of this phrase. I saw it in this sentence and I don't understand:' It is particularly ironic in light of the large number of old adults who are physically independent, that this group falls between the cracks in terms of understanding their physical capabilities'
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Thank you, Phillip. By the way, I'm sorry for the errors in my question. I typed it in a hurry and didn't check it carefullyEmotion: embarrassed
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I think that's it.
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