live in the past

idiom

: to think too much about something that happened in the past

You have to accept that he's gone and stop living in the past.

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Recent Examples on the Web

The band has also performed the track live in the past. —Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 20 June 2023

Besides, Sting was only willing to live in the past for so long and wanted to return to his solo career. —Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2021

College football has always been defined by its love of tradition and a willingness to live in the past as long as possible. —Dallas News, 12 Feb. 2023

See the look here: Rodrigo refuses to let the best and the worst of ’00s trends live in the past. —Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 6 Feb. 2023

The Phillies, though, don’t want to live in the past. —Dan Gelston, ajc, 13 Oct. 2022

Though Spears has talked about the possibility of calling it quits on performing live in the past, this is the first time she’s mentioned the subject since the end of her conservatorship. —Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2022

But Nashville doesn't live in the past. —Fox News, 31 Aug. 2022

The most destructive to me are my tendency to live in the past and to hold grudges. —cleveland, 23 Apr. 2022