Dictionary

thing of the past en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (idiomatic) Something that has gone extinct or become obsolete.
   • ‘And in fact I found something interesting in the sample of the boy you were talking about. The son of Hole’s girlfriend.’ / ‘My understanding is that their relationship is now a thing of the past.’ 2010, Jo Nesbø, translated by Don Bartlett, “The Snowman”, in The Snowman (Harry Hole; 7), London: Harvill Secker, →ISBN, part 5, page 403:

Forms

Relateds

go the way of the dinosaurs · go the way of the dodo

Translations (12)

fi menneen talven lumia (something that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete) · fr chose du passé (something that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete) · hu nyoma sem maradt (something that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete) · es algo del pasado (something that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete) · hu már a múlté (something that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete) · fr être du passé (something that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete) · pl przeszłość (something that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete) · gl cousa do pasado (something that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete) · fr neiges d'antan (something that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete) · hu a múlt ködébe vész (something that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete) · de der Vergangenheit angehören (something that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete) · es cosa del pasado (something that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete)