the mists of time
used to show that something happened a very long time ago and is difficult to remember clearly:
The precise details of what happened have been lost in the mists of time.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
In the past
- ago
- any more idiom
- anymore
- back in the day idiom
- before
- clock
- dot
- late
- memory
- more
- no longer idiom
- of late idiom
- of old idiom
- old
- past
- the status quo ante
- the week/month/year before last idiom
- the year dot idiom
- use
- used
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