drift apart [各奔东西]

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After graduation my classmates drifted apart
毕业后我们班的同学就各奔东西了。

汉 “各奔东西”指的是“散开”或“不在一起”的意思，但“散开”或“分散开”的英语是disperse，常指“分散精力”，“疏散人群”或“驱散云雾”等概念。因而，“各奔东西”不宜使用disperse，而应该用drift apart。此语中的drift是漂流的意思。

Dialogue :   
Bob:What have you been doing these days, mark?  
Sue: I've been trying to track down some of our old friends.  
Bob: I haven't been keeping in touch with them. We simply drifted apart.  
Sue: We lost track of each other somehow after we graduated.  
Bob: Did you ever bump into any of them?  
Sue: A few Some have settled down, some are tied down, some are living it up and others are in a rut.