ancient history en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
- (uncountable) A period of history generally seen as occurring before the Middle Ages, that is, before the fall of the Roman Empire. Includes Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.
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(idiomatic, uncountable) That which happened a long time ago and not worth discussing any more.
Who cares if he said those things at the beginning of the year? That's ancient history now.
"I want to have a notion how we stand about the bankruptcy." / "Oh, that's ancient history," cried Jim.
1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, “Cross-questions and Crooked Answers”, in The Wrecker, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, […], →OCLC, page 276:
Relateds
bygones · water under the bridge
Translations (38)
ru исто́рия дре́внего ми́ра (period of history) · de Schnee von gestern (not worth discussing any more) · fi antiikin historia (period of history) · el αρχαία ιστορία (period of history) · pl historia starożytna (period of history) · fi mennyt (not worth discussing any more) · fr Antiquité (period of history) · nl lang geleden (not worth discussing any more) · ru анти́чная исто́рия (period of history) · de schon längst Geschichte (not worth discussing any more) · pt águas passadas (not worth discussing any more) · pt passado (not worth discussing any more) · ru де́ло про́шлое (not worth discussing any more) · ru ста́рая исто́рия (not worth discussing any more) · it storia antica (period of history) · cmn 古代史 (period of history) · fr histoire ancienne (not worth discussing any more) · es agua pasada (not worth discussing any more) · pl stara historia (not worth discussing any more) · pt Antiguidade (period of history) · grc ἀρχαιότης (period of history) · sv länge sedan (not worth discussing any more) · it antichità (period of history) · de Altertum (period of history) · nl eeuwen geleden (not worth discussing any more) · sv forna historia (not worth discussing any more) · it acqua passata (not worth discussing any more) · fi vanhan ajan historia (period of history) · nl geleden tijd (not worth discussing any more) · fi historia (not worth discussing any more) · es Antigüedad (period of history) · cmn 古代歷史 /古代历史 (period of history) · sv antiken (period of history) · cmn 古史 (period of history) · nl oudheid (period of history) · cmn 已經過去的事 /已经过去的事 (not worth discussing any more) · cmn 上古史 (period of history) · nl klassieke geschiedenis (period of history)