消費(那一段過去)
English translation: To exploit (the past)
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| 4 +1 | To exploit the past |
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| 5 | To harp (on the past) |
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| 4 | FYI |
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| 3 | washing her dirty laundry in public |
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13 mins confidence: 
FYI Explanation: it was over, Let the past be the past |
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3 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1To exploit the past Explanation: You can say, they kept exploiting their past by telling stories to others. Similar terms include "to take advantage of (the past)" or "to keep milking (the past)". All of these imply that talking about the past brings some benefit to the speaker. |
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5 hrs confidence:
washing her dirty laundry in public Explanation: There is an English phrase which is very similar: to eat out on a story, 就是說，因為你有很有意思的故事可講，人家願意請你吃飯！不過，不愉快的婚姻不太好聽，可能跟你說的情況不一樣。 說家裡私事可以說washing one's dirty laundry in public，另外還有： gossiping spreading her stories around 但可能最簡單的就是說using ...now she was using their history against him. |
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20 hrs confidence:
To harp (on the past) Explanation: This is a very colloquial expression, and I'm not sure if an exact equivalent can be found in English. This is the closest saying I can find in EN. |
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