If I could put back the clock I'd give more thought to preparing for a career.
Richard wishes that he had lived in frontier days, but he can't turn back the clock.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
put back the clock — or put the clock back 1. To return to earlier time and its conditions 2. To take a retrograde step • • • Main Entry: ↑clock … Useful english dictionary
put back the clock — or[turn back the clock] {v. phr.} To go back in time; relive the past. * /If I could put back the clock I d give more thought to preparing for a career./ * /Richard wishes that he had lived in frontier days, but he can t turn back the clock./ … Dictionary of American idioms
put back the clock — or[turn back the clock] {v. phr.} To go back in time; relive the past. * /If I could put back the clock I d give more thought to preparing for a career./ * /Richard wishes that he had lived in frontier days, but he can t turn back the clock./ … Dictionary of American idioms
put back the clock — ► turn (or put) back the clock return to the past or to a previous way of doing things. Main Entry: ↑clock … English terms dictionary
turn (or put) back the clock — return to the past or to a previous way of doing things. → clock … English new terms dictionary
turn\ back\ the\ clock — • put back the clock • turn back the clock v. phr. To go back in time; relive the past. If I could put back the clock I d give more thought to preparing for a career. Richard wishes that he had lived in frontier days, but he can t turn back the… … Словарь американских идиом
put/turn back the clock — (also put/turn the clock back) : to return to a condition that existed in the past This new decision has effectively turned back the clock on 20 years of progress. I wish that we could turn back the clock and start all over again. • • • Main… … Useful english dictionary
turn back the clock — See: PUT BACK THE CLOCK … Dictionary of American idioms
turn back the clock — See: PUT BACK THE CLOCK … Dictionary of American idioms
turn back the clock — phrasal : to revert to a condition existing well in the past usually with an implication of surrendering progress or improvement would not such a “Balkanization of the United States” be a clear turning back of the clock E.N.Griswold * * * turn… … Useful english dictionary
