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ОТЖИВАТЬ/ОТЖИТЬ СВОЙ ВЕК (СВОЁ ВРЕМЯ) VP usu. pfv )

1. Also: ОТЖИВАТЬ/ОТЖИТЬ СВОЁ (subj: human to have lived one's allotted years

X отжил свой век - X has lived his life (share)

(in limited contexts) X has already had a long life.

...Мысли (Спиридона) были о дочери. Жена, как и он, отжили уже свое (Солженицын 3). ..His (Spiridon's) thoughts dwelled on his daughter His wife and he had already lived their share (3a).

(Подхалюзин:) Что об вас-то толковать! Вы, Самсон Силыч, отжили свой век... (Островский 10). IP.) Why talk about you' You, Samson Silych, have already had a long life (10b)

2. ( subj: abstr or concr) to become out-of-date, go out of use, be no longer popular, in fashion

X отжил свой век — X has outlived its usefulness

X has outlived (had) its day X has become passe (a thing of the past) (in limited contexts) X has seen better days.

Марксизм и прочие «измы» не привлекают молодые умы: «измы» отжили свой век (Аллилуева 2). Marxism and all other "isms" do not attract these young minds, "isms" have outlived their day (2a)