Chaucer was over seventy , but he was not convinced (使信服) of his age. At a time he boasted: “My physical strength is as strong as that I was young.” The opposite person asked: “ What do you rely on? ” Chaucer said : “ There is a big stone roller in my netpound. I couldn’t heave it when was young, neither can(倒裝句) I now.”
喬叟年過六旬，仍不服老。一次，他對人誇耀說：“我和年輕時力氣一樣大。”對方問：“何以見得?”喬叟說：“我家大院裡有個碌碡，年輕時我舉不起來，現在我還是舉不起來。”