单词 | behind the times |
释义 | Example sentences from the Web for behind the times
behind the timesSEE SYNONYMS FOR behind the times ON THESAURUS.COM Not keeping up with current fashion, methods, or ideas, as in Your accounting methods are behind the times. Charles Dickens used this idiom in Dombey and Son (1848): “I'm old-fashioned, and behind the Time.” [Mid-1800s] Words nearby behind the timesbehindhand, behind in, behind someone's back, behind the eight ball, behind-the-scenes, behind the times, behind time, Behistun, Behmen, Behmenist, Behn The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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