the halcyon days



the halcyon days

  (literary)
a very happy or successful period in the past
Usage notes: Halcyon days are two weeks of good weather during the winter when the days are the shortest in the year.
(often + of ) She recalled the halcyon days of childhood. That was in the halcyon days of the 1980's when the economy was booming.
See also: days, halcyon

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
GudrunGOOD-roon (German)Norse Mythology, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
Anushka-Russian
AnniAHN-neeFinnish
Gamil-Arabic (Egyptian)
Iosue-Biblical Latin
MarlonMAHR-lənEnglish