What people say against old adult wounded old pupil? (3,6)
I believe the answer is:
vox populi
'what people' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'against old adult wounded old pupil?' is the wordplay.
'against' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'old adult' becomes 'vox' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'wounded' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'o'+'pupil'='opupil'
'opupil' is an anagram of 'populi'.
'vox' next to 'populi' is 'VOX POPULI'.
'say' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for vox populi that I've seen before include "Public opinion" , "Belief or sentiment shared by most people" , "Mass opinion" .)