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sal·ad days

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bloom, bloom of youth, salad daysnoun

    the best time of youth

Wiktionary

  1. salad daysnoun

    A period of inexperienced youthful innocence accompanied by enthusiasm and idealism.

  2. Etymology: Coined by William Shakespeare, in Anthony and Cleopatra, act 1, sc. 5:

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  1. salad days

    "Salad days" is a phrase used to refer to a period of youth, innocence, or inexperience, often viewed nostalgically or with a sense of idealism. The term was coined by Shakespeare in his play Antony and Cleopatra, where Cleopatra refers to her past youthful love affair with Julius Caesar as her "salad days, when I was green in judgment".

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  1. Salad days

    "Salad days" is an idiomatic expression, referring to a youthful time, accompanied by the inexperience, enthusiasm, idealism, innocence, or indiscretion that one associates with a young person. More modern use, especially in the United States, refers to a person's heyday when somebody was at the peak of his/her abilities—not necessarily in that person's youth.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of salad days in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of salad days in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of salad days in a Sentence

  1. William Shakespeare, "Antony and Cleopatra", Act 1 scene 5:

    My salad days,When I was green in judgment.

  2. William Shakespeare:

    My salad days, When I was green in judgment.


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