сдать в архив

• СДАВАТЬ/СДАТЬ В АРХИВ

[VP; subj: human; often 3rd pers pl with indef. refer., infin with надо, пора, рано etc, or short-form past passive Part]

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1. сдать в архив кого to dismiss s.o., regarding him as unfit for some activity (usu. of a person unfit to fulfill his responsibilities at work because of his age, lack of abilities etc):

- X-a сдали в архив{{}}≈ X was put <turned, sent> out to pasture;

- X was put on the shelf;

- X was written off as a has-been;

- X was sent to the glue factory;

- [in limited contexts] X is a back number.

     ♦ В то время, когда Козлику исполнилось тридцать лет, князь ещё не совсем был сдан в архив... (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). At the time Kozelkov reached the age of thirty, the prince had not been put on the shelf altogether... (2a).

     ♦ "Я хоть теперь сдан в архив, а... я психолог по-своему и физиогномист" (Тургенев 2). "Though I'm a back number now...I am something of a psychologist...in my own fashion, and a physiognomist" (2c).

2. сдать в архив что to stop using sth. forever, consign sth. to oblivion as outdated, useless:

- X сдал Y в архив{{}}≈ X scrapped (shelved) Y;

- X put Y away for good;

- X relegated Y to the archives.

     ♦ "Увы! - с сожалением ответил Берлиоз, - ни одно из этих доказательств ничего не стоит, и человечество давно сдало их в архив" (Булгаков 9). "Alas!" Berlioz answered with regret. "None of these proofs is worth a thing, and humanity has long since scrapped them" (9a).