time was

短语

释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    It was once true (that)...; there was a time when...

    过时

    Time was, the feet of the messengers of peace were glorious, but now their message is mean; […] time was, thou wert exceeding tender of the least sin, and not a day past, but thy cheeks were wet in secret before the Lord; now thou art grown blind […] .

    I call him poor; but time was, that in our intercourse I was the obliged party.