校園英語口語習慣用語 第139期:have had one's/its day

have had one's/its day 過時了

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【講解】

該習語直譯爲“擁有某人已經過去的一天” 引申爲“不再擁有,不再成功,過時了”。

【對話】

A:I want to buy a trpewriter.

A:我想買臺打字機。

B:Don't be silly. The typewriter has had its day. Don't you know the computer has replaced it?

B:別傻了。打字機已經過時了。難道你不知道計算機已經替代打字機了嗎？

A:But if there's a power failure, you can still work with it.

A:如果停電的話，用打字機還是可以工作的。

B:It depends on you.

B：隨你吧。