good old days

English

Etymology

From good old and old days.

Pronunciation

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Noun

good old days pl (plural only)

1. A period of time in the distant past when things were better or fondly remembered.

   In the good old days we could go to the gasworks and buy coke.

   • 1991, “Learning to Fly”, in Into the Great Wide Open, performed by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers:

     Well, the good old days may not return / And the rocks might melt and the sea may burn

Synonyms

• golden age
• heyday

Antonyms

• bad old days

Related terms

• back in the day

Translations

the past, seen as a time when things were better

• Arabic: الزمن الجميل
• Finnish: vanhat hyvät ajat pl
• French: bon vieux temps (fr)
• Hungarian: régi szép idők
• Russian: ста́рые до́брые времена́ n pl (stáryje dóbryje vremená)
• Spanish: el año catapum m