Translations for „has-been“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

has-been N inf

has-been

zapomniana gwiazda f

Usage examples with has-been

justice has been done [or served]

sprawiedliwości stało się zadość

his telephone has been tapped

jego telefon jest na podsłuchu

his confidence has been badly shaken

jego pewność siebie została poważnie zachwiana

one page has been torn out

jedna strona została wydarta

he has been in the wars inf

dostało mu się

there has been a car bomb attack

eksplodował samochód-pułapka

to derogate from sth which has been agreed

naruszyć wcześniejsze ustalenia

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It doesn't take long for the richest clubs to find a new wunderkind or to forget a crock or a has-been.

blogs.soccernet.com

You are a has-been and not a very nice person to boot!

www.smh.com.au

Yeah he did actually call me a has-been.

www.smh.com.au

For the foregoing reasons, and for many others too numerous to mention, the horse is just about a has-been.

www.theglobeandmail.com

He stated that he did not want his children to take him as a has-been, so he began in the summer of 1934 to restudy his entire repertoire.

en.wikipedia.org

The phoenix has-been drinking your blood, full of your anger, your strength, and during her rebirth, she also has let you in life.

metro.co.uk

It is used as a trough of plenty for has-been politicians to top up their pension pots.

www.independent.ie

And for someone who had tasted success, fame and adulation, the burden of being a has-been was too much to bear.

www.firstpost.com

It's a contest of minds where confidence, control and a taste for razor's-edge maneuvers separate the original gangsters of the skies from the wannabes and has-been.

en.wikipedia.org

The fact that people are even giving this has-been the time of the day is farcical.

www.espncricinfo.com