词汇 | horse-and-buggy |
释义 | horse-and-buggy adjective USinformaluk /ˌhɔːs.ənˈbʌɡ.i/ us /ˌhɔːrs.ənˈbʌɡ.i/ old-fashioned, or relating to a time in the past: These new systems are taking us directly from the horse-and-buggy days to the space age. We're trying to fix a horse-and-buggy tax system to better meet the needs of today. Our politicians are still saying essentially the same things they did back in the horse-and-buggy days. His commitment to our horse-and-buggy constitution will damage his attempts to be seen as a leader for the 21st century. Those people are still living in the horse-and-buggy days. Old or old-fashioned age-old ageing ancient antediluvian anti-progressive fossilization fossilize fossilized frumpy fustily outdate outdated outdatedly outmoded outworn unmodernized unmodish unprogressive unreconstructed unsmart |
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