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"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 his/her abilities—not necessarily in that person's youth. [[An idiom is an expression (i. ...
The phrase was coined in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra in 1606. In the speech at the end of Act One in which Cleopatra is regretting her youthful dalliances with Julius Caesar she says: Shakespeare redirects here. ...
Anthony and Cleopatra, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema. ...
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Cleopatra was a co-ruler of Egypt with her father (Ptolemy XII Auletes), her brothers/husbands Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV, consummated a liaison with Gaius Julius Caesar that solidified her grip on the throne, and, after Caesars assassination, aligned with Mark Antony, with whom she produced twins. ...
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- "...My salad days, / When I was green in judgment, cold in blood..."
The phrase only became popular from the middle of the nineteenth century on, coming to mean “a period of youthful inexperience or indiscretion." The metaphor comes from the Cleopatra's use of the word 'green'—a word which has a meaning indicating someone youthful, inexperienced, or immature. The probable allusion is to certain leafy plants (such as dandelions) which are edible when young and tender.
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The term was used memorably by Nicolas Cage's character HI McDonugh in Raising Arizona. News of his wife's infertility caused him the unhappy realization that he "...preminisced no return of the salad days." Image File history File links Broom_icon. ...
Raising Arizona is a 1987 Coen Brothers comedy film starring Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, William Forsythe, John Goodman, Frances McDormand, and Randall Tex Cobb. ...
The comedic group Monty Python made a skit entitled Sam Peckinpah's "Salad Days". Monty Python, or The Pythons, is the collective name of the creators of Monty Pythons Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. ...
Sam Peckinpahs Salad Days is a Monty Pythons Flying Circus episode from season 3 (episode 33). ...
British progressive rock band Procol Harum had a song titled "Salad Days (are Here Again)" on their 1967 self-titled debut album. For the Swedish political music movement, see progg. ...
Procol Harum is an English rock band, formed in the 1960s, who built a heavy foundation for what would become progressive rock. ...
British New Romantic band Spandau Ballet used the lyrics, "These are my salad days slowly being eaten away," in their 1983 hit "Gold." This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...
Spandau Ballet was a popular English band in the 1980s. ...
D.C. hardcore band Minor Threat wrote a song called Salad Days. Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band that formed in Washington DC in 1980 and disbanded in 1983. ...
Montgomery Burns, a prominent character in the hit U.S. cartoon comedy The Simpsons used the expression in a 1990 episode entitled 'Simpson and Delilah', saying; "You may find this hard to believe, but in my salad days, my crowning glory was a bright shock of strawberry blonde curls." Charles Montgomery Burns, normally referred to as Mr. ...
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There was also a famous Japanese comic (manga) titled Salad-Days, written by Shinobu Inokuma. This article is about the comics published in East Asian countries. ...
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. ...
The 1980's minimalist rock band "Young Marble Giants" had a song called Salad Days on their album titled Colossal Youth. Salad Days is also the title of a collection of early demos and outtakes issued on CD in 2000. Salad Days is a romantic Shounen Manga created by Shinobu Inokuma, which is a collection of romance stories occuring in a High School/college setting Salad Days is different as compared to other mainstream manga which usually have plotlines relating to super heroes/super heroines, adventures or in contrary, mushy...
Salad Days is a romantic Shounen Manga created by Shinobu Inokuma, which is a collection of romance stories occuring in a High School/college setting Salad Days is different as compared to other mainstream manga which usually have plotlines relating to super heroes/super heroines, adventures or in contrary, mushy...
Skavoovie and the Epitones have a track titled "Salad Days" on their 1999 album, The Growler. There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...
The political punk band Anti-Flag have a song called No Future off their upcoming benefit CD, which has the lines "Your future is not to be forced on the world/The salad days of revolution are inborn". Anti-Flag is an American political punk band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, consisting of four members: Justin Sane (lead guitar, lead vocals), Chris #2 (bass, vocals), Chris Head (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), and Pat Thetic (drums). ...
The American skate-punk band NOFX recorded a song entitled "Anarchy Camp" about a summer camp for young Anarchists on the album "The War on Errorism" that includes the lyric "so come along with us/salad days and nights on the anarchaic bus". Skate punk (also known as skatepunk, skate-punk, skate-thrash, surf punk, or skate-core) was named because of its popularity among skateboarders, and the fact that many members of skate punk bands were themselves skaters. ...
NOFX is an American punk rock band formed in Los Angeles, California (now based in San Francisco), in 1983. ...
The War on Errorism is the ninth studio album by the punk rock band NOFX released on May 6, 2003. ...
References - Dictionary.com entry
- World Wide Words discussion of 'Salad Days' usage, original and modern
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