July 29, 2026
salad days
[sal-uhd deyz]
noun: a time of youthful inexperience
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Salad days refers to a period of youthful inexperience typically viewed with fondness — but perhaps with a bit of cringe mixed in too. The phrase originates in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, where Cleopatra looks back on her younger self as "green with inexperience." We eventually outgrow our salad days, but they usually leave us with a few good stories. |
Example: Looking back at her salad days, she laughed at the naive mistakes she made.
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