thing of the past

Meanings

nounthing of the past (plural things of the past)

idiomaticSomething 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

Finnish menneen talven lumia

menneen talven lumiasomething that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete

French être du passé, chose du passé

être du passésomething that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete
chose du passésomething that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete
neiges d'antansomething that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete

German der Vergangenheit angehören

der Vergangenheit angehörensomething that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete

Hungarian már a múlté, a múlt ködébe vész

már a múltésomething that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete
a múlt ködébe vészsomething that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete
nyoma sem maradtsomething that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete

Polish przeszłość

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

Spanish algo del pasado, cosa del pasado

algo del pasadosomething that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete
cosa del pasadosomething that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete

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