days of yore
The past; bygone days.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“My grandfather often tells stories about the days of yore.”
“Walking through the old castle, she felt as if she had traveled back to the days of yore.”
“The poet lamented that the honor and chivalry defining the days of yore had vanished from the modern world.”
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a cold day in July
The time of occurrence of an event that will never happen.
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a day late and a dollar short
Too late and too feeble to achieve the desired effect.
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a year and a day
A long time.
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all one's born days
One's whole life.
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as the day is long
Unceasingly; very; thoroughly; to a very high degree.
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bad hair day
A day when things seem to be unmanageable or go wrong.
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bad old days
The past, seen as a time when things were worse.
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banyan day
In British naval tradition, a day of the week when galley kitchens served no meat on board ship.
Last updated August 10, 2026