auld lang syne
/ˌɔːld laŋ ˈsʌɪn
/noun [mass noun]
Times long past.Should auld acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne?...
- Literally translated from Scottish dialect, the words auld lang syne mean old long since, or, in more familiar terms, days gone by.
Phrases
for auld lang syne
Origin
Late 18th century: Scots (see auld, lang syne). The phrase was popularized as the title and refrain of a song by Robert Burns (1788).