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Meaning of where are the snows of yesteryear | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

Used to emphasize that life passes quickly.

informal, rhetoric

Examples

“Pathetic as its passing is, one cannot honestly regret the old school. I was looking last night at the programme of my very first hall, and received a terrible shock to my time-sense. Where are the snows of yesteryear? Where are the entertainers of 1895?”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

where are we where are we going where are you where are you from where are your parents where away