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the good old days
USUK
a time in the past that people remember as better than now
Often said with a smile, and sometimes ironically: 'the good old days, with no air conditioning!'. US 'neighbors'.
In context
My grandparents love talking about the good old days when everyone knew their neighbours.
In the good old days, a bowl of pho cost less than ten thousand dong.
More idioms about time
- a blast from the pastsomething or someone that suddenly reminds you of an earlier time
- a long time comingif something is a long time coming, people have waited a long time for it
- a matter of timecertain to happen, although you do not know exactly when
- a race against timea situation where you must hurry to finish before time runs out
- a sign of the timessomething that shows how society is now, often in a bad way