“Their days of resting have been and gone.”
它們休息的日子早已過去。
用文雅的「日子已經過去」給盤裡的扇貝蓋棺定論,明明是死物,卻說得像一段逝去的歲月。這份一本正經的錯位正是英式冷幽默:越體面,越好笑。
someone's days of ... have been and gone.
想給一段結束的關係、一個過氣的階段下個文雅結論時用,語氣故作莊重。
Those days are long gone. / That chapter is over and done with.
literary
Their days of resting 平讀,have been and gone 放慢,gone 收尾降調。
The summers we spent by the sea have been and gone. 我們在海邊度過的那些夏天早已成為過去。
Those carefree days have been and gone. 那些無憂無慮的日子早已過去。
