salad days

plural noun

: time of youthful inexperience or indiscretion

my salad days when I was green in judgment

William Shakespeare

also : an early flourishing period : heyday

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When is someone in their salad days?

A good salad is fresh, crisp, and usually green. Those attributes are often associated (in both vegetables and people) with vitality and immaturity. The first English writer known to use salad days to associate the fresh greenness of salad with the vigor and recklessness of youth was William Shakespeare. In Antony and Cleopatra, Cleopatra praises Marc Antony's valor and demands that her serving woman do the same. When the servant instead praises her former consort, Caesar, Cleopatra threatens her—until the woman notes that she is only echoing Cleopatra's own effusive past praise of Caesar. Cleopatra's reply marks the first English use of salad days:

"My salad days,
When I was green in judgment, cold in blood,
To say as I said then."

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Recent Examples on the Web Even years removed from their salad days at The Rivoli, The Kids were still grappling with how to best communicate with each other.

Mike Postalakis, SPIN, 25 May 2022 The two-time Oscar winner for best actor has been a fan of Cleveland’s professional baseball team since his time in the city in the late 1970s while working an internship at the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival in his pre-Hollywood salad days.

Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Apr. 2022 It’s John’s inheritance from his recently deceased father, an original mod revivalist who, in his salad days, once led a bikers’ protest against Margaret Thatcher on the streets of Brighton.

Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Nov. 2021 After running the Spurs on something akin to autopilot during the Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili salad days, Popovich relishes the chance to be a teacher again.

Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2021 The first feature from Just Philippot harkens back to those salad days of bodily mutilation with a newfound technical finesse, making CGI obedience possible from the many animal co-stars.

Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2021 And with the new site expected to create just 40 jobs, and up to 70 pending future expansions, that doesn’t mean Millville is poised to return to its salad days as a manufacturing hub.

Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 7 Apr. 2021 The numbers provided further evidence that Netflix’s salad days may be over, particularly in the U.S., where most households that want its 12-year-old streaming service already have it.

Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2019 Now, roughly 70 percent of the properties have rooms that offer a modern take on the hotel’s midcentury salad days, complete with interiors painted in orange and turquoise.

BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2019 See More

单词	salad days
释义	salad days plural noun : time of youthful inexperience or indiscretion my salad days when I was green in judgment William Shakespeare also : an early flourishing period : heyday Did you know? When is someone in their salad days? A good salad is fresh, crisp, and usually green. Those attributes are often associated (in both vegetables and people) with vitality and immaturity. The first English writer known to use salad days to associate the fresh greenness of salad with the vigor and recklessness of youth was William Shakespeare. In Antony and Cleopatra, Cleopatra praises Marc Antony's valor and demands that her serving woman do the same. When the servant instead praises her former consort, Caesar, Cleopatra threatens her—until the woman notes that she is only echoing Cleopatra's own effusive past praise of Caesar. Cleopatra's reply marks the first English use of salad days: "My salad days, When I was green in judgment, cold in blood, To say as I said then." Synonyms bloom blossom florescence floruit flower flush heyday high noon prime springtime See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Even years removed from their salad days at The Rivoli, The Kids were still grappling with how to best communicate with each other. Mike Postalakis, SPIN, 25 May 2022 The two-time Oscar winner for best actor has been a fan of Cleveland’s professional baseball team since his time in the city in the late 1970s while working an internship at the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival in his pre-Hollywood salad days. Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Apr. 2022 It’s John’s inheritance from his recently deceased father, an original mod revivalist who, in his salad days, once led a bikers’ protest against Margaret Thatcher on the streets of Brighton. Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Nov. 2021 After running the Spurs on something akin to autopilot during the Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili salad days, Popovich relishes the chance to be a teacher again. Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2021 The first feature from Just Philippot harkens back to those salad days of bodily mutilation with a newfound technical finesse, making CGI obedience possible from the many animal co-stars. Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2021 And with the new site expected to create just 40 jobs, and up to 70 pending future expansions, that doesn’t mean Millville is poised to return to its salad days as a manufacturing hub. Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 7 Apr. 2021 The numbers provided further evidence that Netflix’s salad days may be over, particularly in the U.S., where most households that want its 12-year-old streaming service already have it. Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2019 Now, roughly 70 percent of the properties have rooms that offer a modern take on the hotel’s midcentury salad days, complete with interiors painted in orange and turquoise. BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2019 See More Word History First Known Use 1606, in the meaning defined above salad days plural noun as in bloom a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement he worked for NASA in its salad days Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance bloom prime blooming flower high noon blossom revival springtime heyday flush florescence pinnacle flowering golden age floruit autumn silver age belle epoque blossoming summit zenith Indian summer peak belle époque efflorescence apex climax recovery meridian grandeur glory acme splendor comeback Antonyms & Near Antonyms decline decay downfall bottom wilting nadir withering shrivelling shriveling See More
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salad days

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