salad year: meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 1.

  UKUSgloballiteraryformalfigurative
  • A period of youthful inexperience, innocence, or naïveté, often nostalgically recalled as an early stage in life or career.

  Examples

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  • She often looked back fondly on her salad years when life was simpler and full of possibilities.

    She often looked back fondly on her salad years when life was simpler and full of possibilities.

  • During his salad years, he made plenty of mistakes but learned valuable lessons along the way.

    During his salad years, he made plenty of mistakes but learned valuable lessons along the way.

  • If only I could go back to my salad years, before all the responsibilities weighed me down.

    If only I could go back to my salad years, before all the responsibilities weighed me down.