straddle(~ something to exist within, or include, different periods of time, activities or groups of people • a writer who straddles two cultures. OALD Alexander Demidov)
be on his own(В тридцать лет мужчина должен прочно стоять на ногах и иметь семью – At the age of 30 a man should be on his own and have a family. //mberdy.19)
