something's glory days

something's glory days
(someone's/something's) glory days a time in the past when someone or something was very successful.

The book focusses on the glory days of the jazz scene in the early 1940's and 1950's.


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  • glory days — (someone s/something s) glory days a time in the past when someone or something was very successful. The book focusses on the glory days of the jazz scene in the early 1940 s and 1950 s …   New idioms dictionary

  • someone's glory days — (someone s/something s) glory days a time in the past when someone or something was very successful. The book focusses on the glory days of the jazz scene in the early 1940 s and 1950 s …   New idioms dictionary

  • (the) glory days of something — the glory days (of (something)) a time in the past when something was very successful. The pace of American dance music has slowed considerably since the glory days of disco. Usage notes: sometimes also used in the form someone s glory days: The… …   New idioms dictionary

  • (the) glory days of — the glory days (of (something)) a time in the past when something was very successful. The pace of American dance music has slowed considerably since the glory days of disco. Usage notes: sometimes also used in the form someone s glory days: The… …   New idioms dictionary

  • (the) glory days — the glory days (of (something)) a time in the past when something was very successful. The pace of American dance music has slowed considerably since the glory days of disco. Usage notes: sometimes also used in the form someone s glory days: The… …   New idioms dictionary

  • glory — 1 noun 1 (U) the importance, honour, and praise that people give someone or something they admire a lot: As a child he dreamt of future glory as an Olympic champion. | covered in/with glory: The team finished the season covered with glory. 2 (C)… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • glory — glo|ry1 [ˈglo:ri] n plural glories [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: glorie, from Latin gloria] 1.) [U] the importance, honour, and praise that people give someone they admire a lot ▪ She dreamt of future glory as an Olympic champion. ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • glory — gloryingly, adv. /glawr ee, glohr ee/, n., pl. glories, adj., v., gloried, glorying, interj. n. 1. very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown: to win glory on the field of battle. 2. something that is a source of… …   Universalium

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