英語口語練習小對話 第897期:時過境遷

A: I met David at the post office yesterday.

昨天我在郵局看到David了。

B: Never mention him anymore.

別再提他了。

A: After all he is your friend.

畢竟他是你的朋友。

B: It is dead and buried.

那是過去的事情了。

dead and buried

1. 解詞釋義

Dead and buried的字面意思是“已死而被埋葬”，比喻爲“事情已經發生無法挽回”“時過境遷，不復存在”之意。

2. 拓展範例

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.

琳達和蒂娜關係又好了，他們的分歧早已煙消雲散了。

e.g. Now that the Soviet Union is dead and Buried and Russia is no longer a military threat to the West.

蘇聯已經瓦解，俄國也沒有能力對西方造成軍事威脅。

1. at the post office：在郵局

e.g. Yesterday he met some old friend of his father's at the post office.

昨天在郵局他遇到了他父親的一位老朋友。

e.g. Is mail kept at the post office until someone goes there to get it?

是不是郵件保存在郵局等收件人來取呢?

e.g. I have a new hat that I bought for twenty-five cents at the post office.

我花了25美分在郵局買了一頂新帽子。

e.g. I asked the driver to put me off at the post office.

我請司機讓我在郵局門口下車。

2. after all：畢竟，終究

e.g. He reversed the judgment and set the prisoner free after all.

他撤銷了原判，終於釋放了囚犯。

e.g. After all these years, we've at last paid off all our debts.

經過這麼多年，我們總算把債還清了。

e.g. He rejoiced that all the work was after all finished in time.

他很高興,全部工作到底還是按時完成了。

e.g. After all, nearly everyone spends money on some hobby or other.

話說回來，幾乎每個人都要花點錢在某種嗜好上面的。