the old days

Related to word: day

Idiom

Definition

  1. C1

    A period of time in the past, often remembered fondly or contrasted with the present.

    • In the old days, people did not have as many technological devices as they do now.

    • He's always talking about the old days and how simple life used to be.

    • In the old days, this street was full of small shops, not the big chain stores we see today.