thing of the past

English

Noun

thing of the past (plural things of the past)

1. (idiomatic) Something that has gone extinct or become obsolete.

Usage notes

It occurs most commonly with become, sometimes with be, and occasionally with seem.

Translations

something that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete

• Finnish: menneisyys (fi) (especially the partitive singular: menneisyyttä), menneen talven lumia
• French: être du passé, chose du passé f
• Galician: cousa do pasado
• German: der Vergangenheit angehören
• Hungarian: már a múlté, a múlt ködébe vész, nyoma sem maradt
• Polish: przeszłość (pl) f

See also

• go the way of the dinosaurs
• go the way of the dodo