time was

time was (when)

there was a time when; at a time in the past. Time was when old people were taken care of at home. Time was when people didn't travel around so much.

Formerly, in the past, as in Time was, the city streets were perfectly safe at night. [Mid-1500s]

There was once a time: "Time was when [urban gangs] were part of a ... subculture that inner-city adolescence outgrew" (George F. Will).

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Alpha	AL-fə	English
Lieke	LEE-kə	Dutch
Wilfrith	-	Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)
CÉSar	THE-sahr (Spanish), SE-sahr (Latin American Spanish)	French, Spanish, Portuguese
Rolf	[rɔf]
Zaray	-	Arabic