Vocabulary
背が伸びる
せがのびる
to grow taller (of people)
expression
verb
Example sentences
「背(せ)が伸(の)びて入(はい)らないわよね」「そう、断(だん)じて太(ふと)ったわけではない!」「成長(せいちょう)したという便利(べんり)な言葉(ことば)は我々(われわれ)の切り札(きりふだ)」
"We've got taller so they don't fit." "Right, it's certainly not that we've got fat!" "The useful phrase 'grown up' is our trump card."