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salad days
(redirected from Salad years)

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salad days
pl.n.
A time of youth, innocence, and inexperience: "my salad days,/When I was green in judgment, cold in blood" (Shakespeare).

[Coined by William Shakespeare.]

salad days
pl n
a period of youth and inexperience
[allusion to Antony and Cleopatra (1.v.73) by William Shakespeare: ``my salad days When I was green in judgment, cold in blood'']

salad days - Those when one is green in judgment, young and inexperienced.
See also related terms for salad.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.salad days - the best time of youth
time of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state
youth - the time of life between childhood and maturity
Translations
salad days npl (liter) → anni mpl verdi
in my salad days → quand'ero giovane e inesperto


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Much was expected of Captain Royale in his salad years, especially after he coasted home on soft ground at Ripon last June.
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