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salad year

idiom
Meaning

The inexperienced, youthful prime of a person, group, organization, or entity.


Origin

disputed origin

From salad days.

Examples
SIMPLE

He was still in his salad years when he started the company.

CONTEXTUAL

The band's salad years were messy, but they learned a lot from those early mistakes.

COMPLEX

Looking back on the salad years of the republic, historians see both naivety and the fierce energy that would later shape a nation.

Anchors to
Related idioms5entries
  1. 01

    a year and a day

    A long time.

  2. 02

    banner year

    An especially fruitful year; a year of exceptional production.

  3. 03

    salad days

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

  4. 04

    year dot

    A very long time ago, from the beginning or as far back as one can remember.

  5. 05

    year in, year out

    During every year; always.

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