| 词组 | turn the clock back |
| 释义 | Idiom turn the clock back Theme: TIME to try to return to the past.You are not facing up to the future. You are trying to turn the clock back to a time when you were more comfortable.Let us turn the clock back and pretend we are living at the turn of the century—the time that our story takes place.No, you can't turn back the clock. Idiom turn the clock backput/turn the clock back to make things the same as they were at an earlier time.The court's decision has put the clock back a hundred years.Let's turn back the clock to 1963 and listen to the Beatles singing 'Love, love me do'. (often + to)turn the/(one's) clock(s) backTo adjust the time on one's clock(s) back by one hour to account for the end of daylight saving time. Don't forget to turn your clock back tonight. I hate having to turn the clocks back every autumn, it's such an antiquated custom. turn the clock backand turn back the clock1. Lit. to set a clock to an earlier time. I have to turn the clocks back each fall. Please turn back the clock. 2. Fig. to try to return to the past. You are not facing up to the future. You are trying to turn the clock back to a time when you were more comfortable. Let us turn back the clock and pretend we are living at the turn of the century—the time that our story takes place. turn the clock backorturn back the clockCOMMON If you would like to turn the clock back or to turn back the clock, you would like to return to an earlier period, usually because you would like the chance to change something that you did in the past. I'd like to turn the clock back and do things differently, but I can't. If I could turn back the clock, I might not have said that. Note: You can use the verb put instead of turn. No amount of money — not even millions like this — can put back the clock and change what happened. put/turn the ˈclock backreturn to the past; return to old-fashioned ideas, customs, etc: Sometimes I wish I could turn the clock back to my days as a student.These new restrictions on medical research will undoubtedly put the clock back (by) 20 years.turn the clock back, toTo return to an earlier way of life; to restore past conditions. This metaphor dates from the nineteenth century and generally represents a vain attempt to return to a past era. “You can’t turn back the hands of the clock,” wrote Erle Stanley Gardner (The Case of the Turning Tide, 1941). |
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