What does salad days mean? I've heard the term used to describe past better days, but what does that have to do with salad? Also, when was the phrase coined?

Jul 30, 2020 · Just addressing the expression “salad days”, I would say that (despite the dictionaries) its limited contemporary use reflects that fact that it is more a literary or poetic …

An outline of the origins, uses and etymology of the phrase and its relation (s) can be found by Barry Popik. A summary: The expressive flip side to “chicken salad” is “chicken feathers” (a …

Oct 19, 2018 · Here's to X, Please raise your glasses to X, I'd like to propose a toast to X*,... But we don't use the term youth days - just youth (or salad days if you're feeling poetic).

Oct 10, 2016 · Quite simply, where does the term "word salad" come from? I've found it a very frustrating thing to try to do web searches on, as it typically gets munged into searching about …

Oct 30, 2017 · I don't recall confab at all - in my salad days it was always conflab. Not that it was ever common. 70s equivalent of "geeky slang", I'd say. Good riddance.

@Wayne, is it such a surprising thought? Shakespeare died in 1616, but "wild goose chase," "salad days," and many other common idioms have not changed in meaning since he used them.

It capitalizes the first term in “Brussels sprouts” and “French toast,” but lowercases “french fries” and “caesar salad.” Our former employer, the New York Times, recommends in its style guide …

Nov 21, 2014 · Is there a better word or phrase for an item on a menu than "menu item"? I'm talking about restaurant menus, not user interface menus. "Menu item" is so dry... "Restaurant …

Jul 10, 2018 · This expression is something of a “creative anachronism”, like closing an e-mail in a flowery style from the days of pen-and-ink correspondence. In some ways, the more strange …