我告诉他说他的思想算不上是划时代的.用英语怎么说？

我告诉他说他的思想算不上是划时代的.

I told him his idea was not exactly epoch - making.

told

v. 表明( tell的过去式和过去分词 )，讲，知道，讲述；

例句
She came in for a coffee, and told me about her friend Shona...
她进来喝了杯咖啡，并向我谈起了她的朋友肖纳。

him

pron. (he的宾格)他；

例句
They said goodbye to him as he got aboard the train at Union Station.
当他在联合火车站登上火车之际，他们向他道别。

his

pron. (he的所有格)他的，(he的物主代词)他的东西；det. 属于他的，用于名词前，自己的，指某人的，上帝的；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

idea

n. 主意，想法，[哲]理念，观念，[乐]乐句，模糊想法；

例句
It is often a good idea to start with smaller, easily achievable goals.
一开始把目标定得低一点、容易实现一点，总不失为一个好主意。

was

v. 用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质（ be的过去式 ），在，存在，不受干扰；

例句
There was a terrible sadness in her eyes...
她眼神中流露出深深的悲伤。

not

adv. 不，[用以表示否定、否认、拒绝、禁止等]不是，几乎不，未必，没有[用于否定后面的词或短语]；

例句
It became very clear that the incident was not just an aberration, it was not just a single incident.
事实已经很清楚，这件事不是偶发的，它并不是一起孤立的事件。

exactly

adv. 精确地，确切地，完全地，全然，恰恰；

例句
'So it's not a family show then?' —'Well, actually, I think that's exactly what it is.'
“那么这并不是一次家庭才艺表演了？”——“嗯，事实上我觉得这恰恰就是一次家庭才艺表演。”

epoch

n. 纪元，时期，新时代，世；

例句
The birth of Christ was the beginning of a major epoch of world history.
基督诞生是世界历史上一个重要纪元的开端。

making

n. 制造，产生的过程，成功改进的手段，原料，材料；v. “make”的现在分词；

例句
How did you go about making this marvellous acquisition then?
那么你是怎么买到这一绝品的？