英语口语练习小对话 第897期:时过境迁
日期:2015-09-10
dead and buried
1. 解词释义
Dead and buried的字面意思是“已死而被埋葬”，比喻为“事情已经发生无法挽回”“时过境迁，不复存在”之意。
2. 拓展范例
e.g. Everything has been dead and buried and I don't want you to mention it anymore.
事过境迁，我不想再听你提这件事了。
e.g. Linda and Tina were on speaking terms now so their disagreement were dead and buried.
琳达和蒂娜关系又好了，他们的分歧早已烟消云散了。
e.g. Now that the Soviet Union is dead and Buried and Russia is no longer a military threat to the West.
苏联已经瓦解，俄国也没有能力对西方造成军事威胁。