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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SALAD DAYS

Allusion to Antony and Cleopatra (1.v.73) by William Shakespeare: ``my salad days When I was green in judgment, cold in blood''.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SALAD DAYS

salad days play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SALAD DAYS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Salad days is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SALAD DAYS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

salad days

Salad days

"Salad days" is an idiomatic expression, referring to a youthful time, accompanied by the inexperience, enthusiasm, idealism, innocence, or indiscretion that one associates with a young person. More modern use, especially in the United States, refers to a person's heyday when somebody was at the peak of their abilities—not necessarily in that person's youth.

Definition of salad days in the English dictionary

The definition of salad days in the dictionary is a period of youth and inexperience.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SALAD DAYS

salably
salacious
salaciously
salaciousness
salacity
salad
salad bar
salad bowl
salad burnet
salad cream
salad dish
salad dressing
salad oil
salad servers
salad shaker
salad spinner
saladang
salade
Saladin
salading

WORDS THAT END LIKE SALAD DAYS

days
dog days
early days
Ember days
end one´s days
good old days
halcyon days
hundred days
in all one´s born days
it´s early days
juridical days
lay days
nowadays
old days
one of these days
roaring days
station days
the roaring days
weekdays
yesterdays

Synonyms and antonyms of salad days in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «salad days» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SALAD DAYS

Find out the translation of salad days to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of salad days from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «salad days» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

沙拉天
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

días de juventud
570 millions of speakers

English

salad days
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सलाद दिन
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

أيام سلطة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

салат дней
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

salada dias
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সালাদ দিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

jours à salade
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hari salad
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unschuldige Jugendtage
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

サラダ日
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

샐러드 일
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Salad dina
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

tuổi trẻ thiếu kinh nghiệm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சலாட் நாட்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सलाड दिवस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Salata günleri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

giorni insalata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dni sałatka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

салат днів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

zile salata
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ημέρες σαλάτα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slaai dae
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sallad dagar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

salad Days
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of salad days

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SALAD DAYS»

The term «salad days» is regularly used and occupies the 106.469 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SALAD DAYS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about salad days

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SALAD DAYS»

Discover the use of salad days in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to salad days and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Salad Days: Recipes for Delicious Organic Salads and ...
Sixty color photos, quaint illustrations, a salad basics chapter, and a resource guide complete this fantastic collection of salad and dressing recipes.
Pam Powell, 2011
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Salad days
The lives of a boardinghouse keeper and a factory accountant are transformed when the accountant turns up a cache of stolen jewels, which enables the couple to live out their dreams
Françoise Sagan, 1984
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Salad Days: Main Course Salads for a First-Class Meal
Offers a collection of main-course salads, with such creations as penne pasta and spinach with oven-roasted plum tomatoes, toasted walnuts, curly endive, and cracked black pepper vinaigrette
Marcel Desaulniers, 1998
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Christopher Idone's salad days
Seasonally organized, this collection features seventy-five imaginative salad recipes with calorie counts, suggested wine accompaniments, and a primer on greens, vinegars, and herbs
Christopher Idone, 1989
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Salad Days and Knights: Word Salad Poems from Figures of Speech
Poems suggested by randomly selected words, written and delivered on the spot
Tiel Aisha Ansari, 2013
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Salad Days: Fabulous, Fresh Ideas for Every Season
Other titles in the Good Housekeeping series include Bake Me a Cake, Easy Peasy, Al Fresco Eats, Let's Do Brunch, Cheap Eats, Gluten-free & Easy, Low Fat Low Cal, Posh Nosh, Party Food, Flash in the Pan, Roast It!, Great Veg and Slow ...
Good Housekeeping, Good Housekeeping Institute, 2013
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A Tanner's Worth of Tune: Rediscovering the Post-war British ...
Food rationing, which had then lasted for an astonishing fourteen years, came to an end on 4 July 1954, the very month that Salad Days came to life. A general sense of celebration was not too distant, needed not least because of the nuclear  ...
Adrian Wright, 2010
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Remember with Advantages: Chasing The Fugitive and Other ...
We recruited people like Eric Christmas and Jack Creley and a wonderful company. Our twelve actors played between them twenty-seven di›erent characters, which made the show doubly interesting for the audience. Salad Days ...
Barry Morse, Anthony Wynn, Robert E. Wood, 2007
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Welsh Salad Days: Food and Drink from Wales to the End of ...
An insight to the world of organic farming, salads and healthy eating by a couple who set up their own shop and farm. There are a host of interesting recipes from northern Bavaria to the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands.
Dave Frost, 1998
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Nim: A Chimpanzee Who Learned Sign Language
Looking back, however, it is plain that these were the salad days of Project Nim. The new master of Delafield blossomed into a proficient signer. Laura developed into an extraordinary teacher, and a highly talented group of volunteers amazed ...
Herbert S. Terrace, 1986

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SALAD DAYS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term salad days is used in the context of the following news items.
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Salad Days: Sweetgreen Opens in West Hollywood
Walk into the new salad restaurant, opening in West Hollywood on Thursday, and ... co-founder Jonathan Neman since their elementary-school days in L.A.. «LA Magazine, May 15»
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Salad days for Kendrick Lamar after health food chain collab
The unconventional tie-up will result in the creation of a salad titled 'Beets Don't Kale My Vibe.' — AFP-Relaxnews picLOS ANGELES, April 29 — Rapper ... «Malay Mail Online, Apr 15»
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Come To A Screening of 'Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in …
A new documentary film called Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC looks back at that scene. NPR Music will host a screening in, appropriately ... «NPR, Apr 15»
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Review: 'Salad Days' Revisits Washington's Punk Moment
But a vigorous underground musical scene has long existed there, and “Salad Days,” an enlightening documentary by the rock journalist Scott Crawford, details ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
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'Salad Days': Film Review
... Brains, Minor Threat and Fugazi, among others, Salad Days is a comprehensive examination of the relatively little-known but highly influential music scene. «Hollywood Reporter, Apr 15»
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'Salad Days' Director Scott Crawford Talks Youth And The D.C. Punk …
“You can always grow something here, because nobody's looking,” says Ian MacKaye in the opening sequence of “Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in ... «MTV.com, Apr 15»
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Review: SALAD DAYS: A DECADE OF PUNK IN WASHINGTON, DC …
Scott Crawford's essential music documentary showcases the rise of the D.C. Hardcore scene thanks to bands like Teen Idols, Minor Threat, S.O.A., Void, ... «Victoria Advocate, Apr 15»
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Salad days are history, but Russian still dresses a sandwich nicely
It was during that time that he “hit upon an assembly of ingredients, which he named Russian salad dressing,” according to the biographical information, which ... «Press Herald, Jan 15»
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'Salad Days,' Comprehensive Doc on Washington, D.C.'s Hardcore …
A long-awaited documentary on the influential 80s D.C. hardcore scene Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, D.C., makes its hometown premiere ... «Billboard, Dec 14»
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3rd show added for premiere of DC punk doc 'Salad Days'
Crawford and director of photography Jim Saah are showing a 25-minute snippet of “Salad Days: The Birth of Punk in the Nation's Capital” Saturday evening at ... «WTOP, Oct 14»

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