English @ the Movies: 'Turn Back The Clock'

source: VOA Learning English     2017年6月16日
"Turn back the clock" is the saying we are talking about on English @ the Movies. It is from the movie "Cars 3." This is the third movie from Disney about cars that act like people. Originally published at - https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a...

# turn back the clock: 
1. Literally, to set the clock to an earlier time. Can you turn back the clock? It's five minutes fast.
2. To revisit, recount, or recreate a time or era from the past. If I could turn back the clock, I would manage my finances better so I could retire at an earlier age. The purpose of this conference is to turn back the clock by analyzing early human remains to gain insight into their way of life. (source: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/turn+back+the+clock)