blast from the past

Definitions

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

colloquial, idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

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

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

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

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

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