Idiom
salad days
Meaning
A period of inexperienced youthful innocence accompanied by enthusiasm and idealism.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He often remembers his salad days with a smile.”
“During their reunion, the old friends spent the evening reminiscing about their salad days as struggling artists in the city.”
“Though he had achieved great wealth and status, he secretly longed for the simplicity and unbridled optimism of his salad days.”
Examples
simple
“He often remembers his salad days with a smile.”
contextual
“During their reunion, the old friends spent the evening reminiscing about their salad days as struggling artists in the city.”
complex
“Though he had achieved great wealth and status, he secretly longed for the simplicity and unbridled optimism of his salad days.”
Origin
Coined by William Shakespeare in Antony and Cleopatra around 1607, see quotations.
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