the halcyon days

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the halcyon days (literary)

a very happy or successful period in the past

Usage notes: Halcyon days are two weeks of good weather during the winter when the days are the shortest in the year.

(often + of ) She recalled the halcyon days of childhood. That was in the halcyon days of the 1980's when the economy was booming.

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Sue McGregor gathers together editors, cartoonists and scriptwriters to recall the halcyon days of the DC Thomson comics and to discuss the challenges the industry faces in a multi-media age. radio: The Reunion, Radio 4 Sunday 11.15am by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) The musical duo were at the Urbis Museum for the opening of the Hacienda 25 nightclub exhibition commemorating the halcyon days of the famous spot. the Razz: Fair puffed to see each other by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) That's the design of their new kit, modelled here by Fabrice Muamba, which harks back to the halcyon days of the 1970s. Football: Blues dressed to thrill again; MAIL PICTURE EXCLUSIVE by Birmingham Mail (England)			the gift of the gab the glory days the gloves are off The gods send nuts to those who have no teeth the goggle-box The good is the enemy of the best the good old days the goods on the gory details the gospel truth the grand old man of The grass is always greener The grass is always greener on the other side the grass roots the graveyard shift the gravy train the greasy pole the great and the good the great unwashed The greater the truth, the greater the libel the greatest thing since sliced bread the green-eyed monster the Grim Reaper the groves of academe the hair of the dog the halcyon days The hand that rocks the cradle The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world the hang of the happy event the hard sell the hard stuff the head honcho the hearts and minds of the heat is on the heavens opened the height of The hell you say! the here and now the high ground the high sign the highways and byways the hind end of creation the holy of holies the home straight the home stretch The honeymoon is over the hot ticket the icing on the cake the in thing the ins and outs			The Gunpowder Plot The Gunpowder Plot The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 The Gurage The Gurage The Gutter The Gutter The Gutter The Guys Upstairs The Gyro House The Hacker's Dictionary The Hackers Choice The Hackers Paradise The Hackers Voice The Hafler Trio The Hague The Hague The Hague Business School The Hague Death Squad The Hague International Model United Nations The Hague International Network The Hague Legal Partners The Hague Tribunal The Hague Tribunal The Hague University The Hague, Netherlands The Hague, Netherlands the hair of the dog The Hairy-Legged Vampire bat the halcyon days The Half Blood Prince The Hall of Heroes and Heroines The Hallé the halt The halting problem The Hamilton Project The Hamilton Project The Hamilton Project The hammer and the sickle The hammer and the sickle the Hammers Company, Inc. The Hampshire Hospitality Group The Hamster Alliance The Han Solo Adventures The Hand of Redemption The Hand That Feeds The Hand That Rocks the Cradle The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world the handwriting is on the wall the handwriting is on the wall the handwriting is on the wall the handwriting is on the wall the handwriting is on the wall the handwriting is on the wall The handwriting on the wall The handwriting on the wall The Hanes Wine Review the hang of The Hanging Garden The Hanging Gardens

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