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German
Etymology
Calque of French neiges d’antan (“yesteryear's snow”), in German literally, “yesterday's snow”. Compare English where are the snows of yesteryear.
Pronunciation
Noun
Schnee von gestern
- (idiomatic, colloquial) water under the bridge
2020 November 21, Petra Schellen, quoting Michael Jung, “Historiker über Professoren nach 1945: „70 Prozent waren Nazis“”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Sondern man hat gesagt: Das ist ein guter Fachmann, ja ein „ausgezeichneter Erzieher“. Er war zwar in der SS oder NSDAP, aber das ist Schnee von gestern, wir nehmen ihn.- Instead, they said: That person's a good professional, an “excellent educator” even. They may have been part of the SS or the NSDAP, but that's water under the bridge, we'll take them.
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