Time Idioms

Rotary phones are...

• history in making.

• a thing of the past.

• going down in history.

• in times gone by.

Paul Mccartney will ... as one of the best English-speaking song-writers.

• ring a bell

• take a trip down the

• rest un history

• go down in history

This rustic armchair ... , we should upholster it.

• has seen better days

• is haunted by the past

• is water under the bridge

• turned back the hands of time

Modern AI technologies are ...

• water under the bridge.

• haunted by the past.

• a blast from the past.

• history in the making.

This country has been communist for ...

• times gone by.

• donkey's years.

• before my time.

• all along

Freddy Mercury dropped his job as a baggage handler at Heathrow airport and .. .

• the rest is history.

• rang a bell.

• stood the test of time.

• had seen better days.

When he was released from prison, he went straight to college to ...

• put the clock back.

• let bygones be bygones.

• stand the test of time.

• make up for lost time.

My grandmother loves to ... lane and tell me about her childhood.

• put the clock back.

• take a trip down memory.

• stand the test of time.

• make up for lost time.

... gentlemen would greet ladies by slightly raising their top hats and ladies would curtsy.

• In the good old days

• In times gone by

• Once upon a time

• All along

Answer explanation

In the good old days refers to a time in the past when you remember life being better in some way.

“In the good old days children didn’t have smartphones and video games; they played outside together.”