老古董,本意是指古时候或先人留下的旧物,也叫古玩(antique,curio),目前用来比喻过时的东西(something outmoded),或保守顽固不化、思想陈旧的人(a person who is old-fashioned and likes traditional ways of doing things),与英文old fogey意思相近。
例句:
16岁的人感觉年过25岁的都是老古董。
When youre 16, anyone over 25 is an old fogey.
当年时髦的东西目前变成了老古董。
Things in vogue1 years ago now are outmoded.
祖上留下来的老古董
Antiques left by ones ancestors