| 单词 | past it |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspast it e. past it: past the prime of life; too old to be of any use, value, etc.; no longer competent or effective; †dead (obsolete). Chiefly in predicative use. Cf. over the hill at hill n. 1e. Now chiefly slang. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] deadOE lifelessOE of lifeOE storvena1225 dead as a door-nail1362 ydead1387 stark deadc1390 colda1400 bypast1425 perishedc1440 morta1450 obita1450 unquickc1449 gone?a1475 dead and gone1482 extinct1483 departed1503 bygonea1522 amort1546 soulless1553 breathless1562 parted1562 mortified1592 low-laid1598 disanimate1601 carcasseda1603 defunct1603 no morea1616 with God1617 death-stricken1618 death-strucken1622 expired1631 past itc1635 incinerated1657 stock-dead1662 dead as a herring1664 death-struck1688 as dead as a nit1789 (as) dead as mutton1792 low1808 laid in the locker1815 strae-dead1820 disanimated1833 ghosted1834 under the daisies1842 irresuscitable1843 under the sod1847 toes up1851 dead and buried1863 devitalized1866 translated1869 dead and done (for, with)1886 daid1890 bung1893 (as) dead as the (or a) dodo1904 six feet under1942 brown bread1969 the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [phrase] > old-fashioned or obsolete past itc1635 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > unable or incompetent > no longer competent past it1928 c1635 Avaritia in Seven Deadly Sins (caption to plate) Once turnd bawd, (as past it) and growne old, Her soule it selfe, shee Prostitutes to Gould. 1679 J. Fletcher & F. Beaumont Cupid's Revenge i. i. 405 The Duke he's old and past it, he would Never have brought such a plague upon the Land else. 1691 W. Mountfort Greenwich-Park i. ii. 5 Lads at 12 will begin to Whore and bear Drink.., and be past it at five and twenty. 1845 C. Dickens Chimes iii. 121 As I am now, there's nothing can be said for me or done for me. I'm past it. 1864 C. M. Yonge Trial II. xi. 197 ‘He is almost past it,’ said Tom, ‘but..he may be roused by my voice.’ 1928 E. Wallace Flying Squad xv. 130 He was a handy old chap—but he was getting rather past it. 1950 ‘J. Guthrie’ Is this what I Wanted? ii. 37 One never dreamed of going to them for advice. The fact was they were past it; they had lived their lives. 1978 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Dec. 1388/2 Not for him the slumped envy of the past-it fantasizer. 1993 S. Stewart Ramlin Rose xxi. 215 I shall miss the boats, but they're gettin past it, and we're gettin past it. 2000 H. Simpson Hey Yeah Right (2001) 50 The birthday cards had all been about being past it. < as lemmas |
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