past master

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT If you are a past master at something, you are very skilful at it because you have had a lot of experience doing it. 行家; 老手[usu N 'at/in/of' n]
He was a past master at manipulating the media for his own ends. 操縱媒體為自己服務(wù)他是老手。
She is an adept rock-climber and a past master of the obstacle course. 她擅長(zhǎng)攀巖，也是障礙超越訓(xùn)練場(chǎng)上的老手。