vecchi tempi
Italian
Etymology
Literally, “old times”.
Noun
vecchi tempi m pl (plural only)
- (idiomatic) old times, good old days
- 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 10, in Chicca Galli; Paolo Lucca; Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:
- Poi se ne andò anche Michelle, lasciando per qualche istante soli me, Marvin e Reggie, proprio come ai vecchi tempi.
- Then it was Michelle's turn to go, leaving me, Marvin, and Reggie momentarily alone in a holding room, just like old times.
- (literally, “Then Michelle went away too, leaving Marvin, Reggie and I alone for a few instants, just like old times.”)
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