time forgot

短语

英文释义

短语
  1. Isolated from the outside world and far behind the times; extremely outdated or archaic. idiomatic
    — "Jee-zus!" Bobbie said, ramming her car viciously up Short Ridge Hill. "Something fishy is going on here! We're in the Town That Time Forgot!"
  2. Utterly forgotten; lost to history. idiomatic
    — It's a game that favors strategy over strength, quickness over endurance, net play over ground strokes—the tennis that time forgot.

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相关词
stuck in the Stone Age

词源

Possibly originated by the novel The Land That Time Forgot (1918), set in a secret island inhabited by dinosaurs.
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