those were the days
Definition
› something you say that means life was better at the time in the past that you are talking about: We were young and madly in love. Ah, those were the days!Stages of lifeRemembering, reminding and reminders
(Definition of those were the days from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- adolescence noun
- adulthood noun
- arrive verb (BEGIN)
- autumn years idiom
- babyhood noun
- boyhood noun
- get on phrasal verb (OLD)
- girlhood noun
- glory days noun
- golden age noun
- heyday noun
- majority noun (AGE)
- middle age noun
- middle-aged adjective
- midlife crisis noun
- old age noun
- period noun (TIME)
- the best/happiest days of your life idiom
- twilight years idiom
- youth noun (PERIOD/STATE)
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