dead and buried
1. 解詞釋義
Dead and buried的字面意思是“已死而被埋葬”,比喻為“事情已經(jīng)發(fā)生無法挽回”“時過境遷,不復(fù)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.
事過境遷,我不想再聽你提這件事了。
e.g. Linda and Tina were on speaking terms now so their disagreement were dead and buried.
琳達(dá)和蒂娜關(guān)系又好了,他們的分歧早已煙消云散了。
e.g. Now that the Soviet Union is dead and Buried and Russia is no longer a military threat to the West.
蘇聯(lián)已經(jīng)瓦解,俄國也沒有能力對西方造成軍事威脅。