Vocab Info
N2 Expressions, Noun
とっくの昔a long time ago
Dictionary Definition
Expressions, Noun
1.
a long, long time ago, very long ago
All Forms
とっくの昔 【とっくのむかし】、疾っくの昔 【とっくのむかし】
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とっくの昔には、携帯も電話も無かったそうです。
It seems that a long time ago, there were neither cell phones nor telephones. {a long time ago}
祖母が祖父と結婚をしたのは、もうとっくの昔の事だ。
My grandmother's marriage to my grandfather is a thing of the distant past. {a long time ago}
あのアイドルは、今は人気が無いが、とっくの昔は大スターだった。
That idol is not popular now, but a long time ago, they were a big star. {a long time ago}
とっくの昔は飛行機が無かったので、船で移動するよりほかなかったらしい。
It seems that a long time ago, since there were no airplanes, there was no other choice but to travel by ship. {a long time ago}
六十歳になった今でもあんなにイケメンなら、とっくの昔はモテモテだったに相違ない。
If he's still such a handsome man even now at sixty, there's no doubt that he must have been very popular back in the day. {a long time ago}
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