Idiom
they don't make them like that anymore
Meaning
Expressing such notions as that the person referred to is excellent and that owing to the decline of society, such people have become rarer; the old school was better; the youth today lack something that previous generations had more of; all the good ones are taken; and so on.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My grandfather fixes everything himself; they don't make them like that anymore.”
“This heavy iron pan lasts forever; they don't make them like that anymore.”
“He is a true gentleman; they don't make them like that anymore.”
“When the old craftsman finished the table with such care, I realized they don't make them like that anymore.”
“My neighbor still helps everyone on the street for free, and my mother always says they don't make them like that anymore.”
“The nurse stayed by the patient's side all night, proving that they don't make them like that anymore in this busy world.”
“After driving this reliable car for twenty years without a single breakdown, I know they don't make them like that anymore.”
“Watching the retired professor lecture with such profound wisdom and grace, one cannot help but lament that they don't make them like that anymore.”
Examples
simple
“My grandfather fixes everything himself; they don't make them like that anymore.”
“This heavy iron pan lasts forever; they don't make them like that anymore.”
“He is a true gentleman; they don't make them like that anymore.”
contextual
“When the old craftsman finished the table with such care, I realized they don't make them like that anymore.”
“My neighbor still helps everyone on the street for free, and my mother always says they don't make them like that anymore.”
“The nurse stayed by the patient's side all night, proving that they don't make them like that anymore in this busy world.”
“After driving this reliable car for twenty years without a single breakdown, I know they don't make them like that anymore.”
complex
“Watching the retired professor lecture with such profound wisdom and grace, one cannot help but lament that they don't make them like that anymore.”
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