blast from the past

plural blasts from the past

1. colloquialidiomaticSomething or someone that a person has not seen for a long time that evokes nostalgic feelings.

   In the process, he managed to make the Republican tax cut sound like a blast from the past.

   1996 August 31, “Mr. Clinton's Bridge”, in The New York Times

   3 more examples

   Now there's a golden oldie, a blast from the past, when the heavyweight division was still strong and vibrant and unified (...)

   1981 May 9, Bill Lyon, “An Old Warhorse Still Has His Dream”, in The Evening Independent

   "Ellie!" he shouted. "What a blast from the past! This is just like old times, when you used to walk in that very door!"

   2002, Hillary Frank, Better Than Running at Night, →ISBN, page 227

   But their early celebration was interrupted by a blast from the past: gubernatorial nominee Bob McDonnell's controversial 1989 graduate-school thesis (...)

   2009 September 6, Jeff E. Schapiro, “Thesis fracas may not give Deeds the boost he needs”, in Richmond Times-Dispatch, archived from the original on 08 Sep 2009