behind one's time

behind one's time
(behind one's time (или the times))
устарелый, отсталый, не идущий в ногу с веком, отставший от жизни; см. тж. abreast of the times

‘D'you mean to say they print such things by women?’ Michael did not answer. Old Forsyte was behind the times. (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Silver Spoon’, part I, ch. VI) — - Неужели они напечатали бы такого рода заметку, написанную женщиной? Майкл ничего не ответил. Старый Форсайт явно не поспевал за веком.

Dad's getting my goat. He seems to think a girl ought to stay in the kindergarten till she's married. He's only about a thousand years behind the times. (J. Lindsay, ‘A Local Habitation’, ch. 20) — Папа меня вконец довел. Он считает, что девушка, пока не выйдет замуж, должна жить все равно как в детском саду. Пещерные взгляды какие-то.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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