Meanings
nounmists of time pl (plural only)
- alsoidiomaticliterarypluralplural onlypoeticAny time so long ago that history is no longer clear, as though lost in a mist or fog.
lost in the mists of time
1 more example
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
Translations
Finnish aikojen hämärässä
- aikojen hämärässäany time so long ago that history is no longer clear, as though lost in a mist or fog
French nuit des temps
- nuit des tempsany time so long ago that history is no longer clear, as though lost in a mist or fog
Polish pomroka dziejów
- pomroka dziejówany time so long ago that history is no longer clear, as though lost in a mist or fog
Spanish neblinas del tiempo, tiempos inmemoriales
- neblinas del tiempoany time so long ago that history is no longer clear, as though lost in a mist or fog
- tiempos inmemorialesany time so long ago that history is no longer clear, as though lost in a mist or fog
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Chicago
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