mists of time en · NOUN
Meanings
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(also, idiomatic, literary, plural, plural-only, poetic) Any time so long ago that history is no longer clear, as though lost in a mist or fog.
Far back in the mists of ancient time, in the great and glorious days of the former Galactic Empire, life was wild, rich and largely tax free.
1979 October 12, Douglas Adams, chapter 15, in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 89:lost in the mists of time
Relateds
sands of time · dawn of time · time immemorial
Translations (5)
es neblinas del tiempo (any time so long ago that history is no longer clear, as though lost in a mist or fog) · fi aikojen hämärässä (any time so long ago that history is no longer clear, as though lost in a mist or fog) · fr nuit des temps (any time so long ago that history is no longer clear, as though lost in a mist or fog) · pl pomroka dziejów (any time so long ago that history is no longer clear, as though lost in a mist or fog) · es tiempos inmemoriales (any time so long ago that history is no longer clear, as though lost in a mist or fog)