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Teleostomi Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

fit into your skin

As you get older and bigger your skin cells reproduce faster than they die, so you can keep fitting into your skin.
I couldn't understand the meaning of "fitting into your skin" in the above sentence. Could anyone help me understand the phrase?
  

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To 'fit into' something is usually used in reference to clothes or something you would put on. If it 'fits' you, you're small enough to put it on. If it doesn't 'fit,' then either you're too big to put it on, it is very tight, or it is too loose.

— GL2

  • To 'fit into' something is usually used in reference to clothes or something you would put on.
  • If it 'fits' you, you're small enough to put it on.
  • If it doesn't 'fit,' then either you're too big to put it on, it is very tight, or it is too loose.
  • "The pants I bought two years ago are now too small for me.
  • " "I found my father's old army uniform and tried it on.
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To 'fit into' something is usually used in reference to clothes or something you would put on. If it 'fits' you, you're small enough to put it on. If it doesn't 'fit,' then either you're too big to put it on, it is very tight, or it is too loose.

"The pants I bought two years ago are now too small for me. I can't fit into them."

"I found my father's old army uniform and tried
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Thanks! Your answer is easy to understand! It's well written!

One question, if your body keeps getting bigger, it would be difficult for outer skin to hold it. I can't see the logic in the sentence.
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I also disagree with what the sentence is saying. There are plenty of elderly people running around to disprove it.
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It's a slightly humorous formulation. As you grow (in terms of volume), your skin needs to grow (in terms of surface area) to cover that increased volume. Otherwise it wouldn't fit you.

(Presumably the writer accepts that at a certain age, you stop growing.)

MrP
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Sorry, I misunderstood what the author was trying to say. He's saying that as your body grows, your skins cells grow with you so that you always fit in your skin. Actually, I do agree with that, but to word that as "keep fitting into your skin" sounds a little strange.
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