| 单词 | to have had one's day |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have had one's day (b) to have had one's day (and variants): to be past one's prime; to be no longer influential, successful, popular, etc.; cf. sense 17b. ΚΠ 1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London ii. sig. D Falshood and Lying thus haue had their day, and like Almanackes of the last yeare, are now gon out. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals ii. i Ay, ay, the best terms will grow obsolete. Damns have had their day. 1841 E. Miall in Nonconformist 1 i Diplomacy has had its day, and failed. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam Prol. p. vi Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be. 1909 Isis 18 Jan. 5/1 Milton has had his day; Darwin has come to stay. 1957 I. Fleming Diamond Smugglers (1960) 55 It was rather like during the War, when private armies sprang up and had their day until they made a mistake and were disbanded. 2001 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 1 Nov. 68/2 By now, the protest tradition is regarded as a movement that has had its day. < as lemmas |
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