thing of the past: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

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    • Something that no longer exists, is no longer current, or is no longer practiced; obsolete or belonging to a former time.
    • A former state, relationship, practice, or technology that has been discontinued or replaced.

    Examples

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    • Using floppy disks is a thing of the past now that cloud storage is widely available.

      Using floppy disks is something that no longer exists or is no longer practiced.

    • Manual typewriters have become a thing of the past with the advent of computers.

      Manual typewriters are no longer used and belong to a former time.

    • Sending letters by post is almost a thing of the past in the digital age.

      Sending letters by mail is now an obsolete practice due to digital communication.

Examples:

  • EN: If we don't, rowing will be a thing of the past at Clayton!"
    ES: "Si no ganamos.... ...el remo será cosa del pasado para Clayton."
  • EN: At this very hour, the project of artificial islands is a thing of the past.
    ES: En este mismo momento, el proyecto de islas artificiales es cosa del pasado.
  • EN: And, uh, if you've come up here to raise a fuss about Gilda, this derby is a thing of the past.
    ES: Si vino a hacerme un escándalo por Gilda... este sombrero ya es cosa del pasado.
  • EN: Refinement's a thing of the past.
    ES: El refinamiento es algo del pasado.
  • EN: I'm afraid that won't be possible but you wouldn't want this, your fried Cleo has already picked it up that doesn't matter the friendship between Siddie and Cleo is a thing of the past
    ES: Bueno... eso... eso no va a ser posible. ¡Pero seguro que Ud. no lo querrá, su amiga Cleo ya lo ha elegido! ¡Eso no importa!
  • EN: But, I'm afraid ventriloquism is a thing of the past.
    ES: No se preocupe, amigo.
  • EN: That's a thing of the past.
    ES: Eso es agua pasada.
  • EN: But because a handful of men had the courage to give their lives to a great experiment, yellow fever is now a thing of the past.
    ES: Pero un puñado de hombres tuvo el coraje de sacrificarse para un experimento, y la fiebre amarilla ya es cosa del pasado.
  • EN: My friendship with her is a thing of the past.
    ES: Mi amistad con ella es una cosa del pasado.
  • EN: From now on, it's a thing of the past.
    ES: Desde ahora, quedó en el pasado.
  • EN: For those outside these gates the war is over, a thing of the past.
    ES: Para quienes están fuera de estas puertas... la guerra ha terminado, una cosa del pasado.
  • EN: In Lord Boult's view .. War, that is actual fighting with men and planes, is a thing of the past.
    ES: Según Lord Boult, la guerra de combates con hombres y aviones es cosa del pasado.
  • EN: - thing of the past.
    ES: - agua pasada.
  • EN: Can't you see that all this muscle stuff is a thing of the past?
    ES: La fuerza es cosa del pasado.
  • EN: You cut it out, or you'll be a thing of the past too!
    ES: Cálmate o estás acabado.
  • EN: If we don't, rowing will be a thing of the past at Clayton!"
    ES: "Si no ganamos.... ...el remo será cosa del pasado para Clayton."
  • EN: At this very hour, the project of artificial islands is a thing of the past.
    ES: En este mismo momento, el proyecto de islas artificiales es cosa del pasado.
  • EN: And, uh, if you've come up here to raise a fuss about Gilda, this derby is a thing of the past.
    ES: Si vino a hacerme un escándalo por Gilda... este sombrero ya es cosa del pasado.
  • EN: Refinement's a thing of the past.
    ES: El refinamiento es algo del pasado.
  • EN: I'm afraid that won't be possible but you wouldn't want this, your fried Cleo has already picked it up that doesn't matter the friendship between Siddie and Cleo is a thing of the past
    ES: Bueno... eso... eso no va a ser posible. ¡Pero seguro que Ud. no lo querrá, su amiga Cleo ya lo ha elegido! ¡Eso no importa!
  • EN: But, I'm afraid ventriloquism is a thing of the past.
    ES: No se preocupe, amigo.
  • EN: That's a thing of the past.
    ES: Eso es agua pasada.
  • EN: But because a handful of men had the courage to give their lives to a great experiment, yellow fever is now a thing of the past.
    ES: Pero un puñado de hombres tuvo el coraje de sacrificarse para un experimento, y la fiebre amarilla ya es cosa del pasado.
  • EN: My friendship with her is a thing of the past.
    ES: Mi amistad con ella es una cosa del pasado.
  • EN: From now on, it's a thing of the past.
    ES: Desde ahora, quedó en el pasado.

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