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Idioms and Phrases
Formerly, long since, at an earlier time, as in In days of old the whole town turned out to watch the parade . This somewhat archaic idiom dates from about 1400.Example Sentences
鈥淗e talks often about what he sees as the virtues of strength and power,鈥 Kastor added, 鈥渟o it makes perfect sense that he鈥檇 admire strong and powerful nations 鈥 and he鈥檚 kind of old school in this vision, that powerful nations demonstrate that power by acquiring land.鈥
This is no longer the tentative Torres of old, desperate to impress; this is a striker who is happy to take on all the responsibility.
They seem decades closer to the Cheech & Chong of old.
When Emily, a 12-year-old black Labrador retriever in Texas, began showing signs of old age鈥 intermittent limping and inability to jump on the bed鈥攈er owner, Maxine Clegg, started getting nervous about her best friend.
Backstage before the Circle Jerks set on Coachella鈥檚 opening weekend, a lot of old friends and admirers greet Tovar warmly.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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