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APAD: "Salad days“

最西边的岛上
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"Salad days" is an idiom referring to a period of carefree innocence, idealism, and pleasure associated with youth. The modern use describes a heyday, when a person is/was at the peak of their abilities, while not necessarily a youth.

The phrase is attributed to William Shakespeare, who made the first known use of it in his 1606 play "Antony and Cleopatra". In the speech at the end of Act One in which Cleopatra is regretting her youthful dalliances with Julius Caesar she says, "...My salad days, / When I was green in judgment, cold in blood/To say as I said then!"

The phrase became popular only from the middle of the 19th century, coming to mean "a period of youthful inexperience or indiscretion." The metaphor comes from Cleopatra's use of the word 'green'—presumably meaning someone youthful, inexperienced, or immature. Her references to "green" and "cold" both suggest qualities of salads.
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My own "salad days" were those of my university times. Our lives were very simple then: the food were basic, the school dormitories were crowed, and we often had to go to big classes with up to a hundred students packed into a room and some have to sit on the floor sometimes. Also the hunger for lunch during the last morning classes, and the hopeless feeling when I kept failing 800M running test in PE class.  

But still I felt so carefree and so happy, like a sponge soaked in water, was so eager to learn new knowledge each and everyday. So much so that I didn't want to leave school when graduation time came... I just continued and become a grad student.

Now, after learning this idiom, the green and cold salad I have for supper every other day looks more interesting than before :-).

Hope that you don't mind sharing a bit of your "salad days" ;-))    And Happy Thursday to U all !

Bonus: sunset at Tofino long beach - a pic I took in 2009 with a point & shoot camera

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移花接木
2 楼
Learned this from the Queen's family video, can't share@work

In her salad days, she was already determined to rule or serve, in a better word, the country and colonies.

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最西边的岛上
3 楼
so she was最聪明 vs us &deserved a park at every city Block
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妖妖灵
4 楼
The picture looks like a painting!
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瓷善家
5 楼
The silhouettes of four people against the sunset,
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瓷善家
6 楼
along with their reflections in the water, captured
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妖妖灵
7 楼
我找到你的帖帮你转过来了:)
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瓷善家
8 楼
a very striking glimpse
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瓷善家
9 楼
Nostalgic of my “salad days” in college yet enjoying
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瓷善家
10 楼
a new chapter of my “salad days” now with the freedom of
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瓷善家
11 楼
an empty nest
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移花接木
12 楼
Salute, 看到历史我就有兴趣,一口气看完,看电影都没这耐心,
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移花接木
13 楼
我都不记得帖过这个,只记得下载了,截取过几段,上传youtube
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最西边的岛上
14 楼
thx. It was a beautiful evening on the beach ... ...
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妖妖灵
15 楼
历史当然比电影好看!历史是真的,电影是假的。可惜我上学时不喜欢历史。看你的帖才发现历史好看~
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最西边的岛上
16 楼
thx, yes, aMovingMoment & got aLocalAward ;-)
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妖妖灵
17 楼
你就负责贴一下,我好像是你的秘书一样,发工资!
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最西边的岛上
18 楼
hahaha, been there & done that. 握手!
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7grizzly
19 楼
Green and cold, nice! Salad days stories I can relate to!
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最西边的岛上
20 楼
R U in US now? Welcome back!!!
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7grizzly
21 楼
Yes. Thank you. It was a great trip!
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天边一片白云
22 楼
我看过移花推荐的这个视频,可惜我沒记下这个salad day. 今天记住了。
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天边一片白云
23 楼
I seems don’t have salad days.
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天边一片白云
24 楼
And I don’t eat salad much. But I remember this usage now.
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天边一片白云
25 楼
这张图片我还以为是移花照的。
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最西边的岛上
26 楼
白云美眉must have been a very mature kid & skipped salad days;-)
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最西边的岛上
27 楼
haha, 移花would have done a much better job w/ a fancy camera;
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妖妖灵
28 楼
Salad days 在这:
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