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once upon a time
idiom
B1
used at the beginning of children's stories to mean "a long time ago": ﹝用于儿童故事的开头﹞从前，很久以前
Once upon a time there was an ugly duckling.从前，有一只很丑的鸭子。
used when referring to something that happened in the past, especially when showing that you feel sorry that it no longer happens: （表示对过去的留恋）以往，从前
Once upon a time people knew the difference between right and wrong, but nowadays nobody seems to care.从前，人们还知道是非曲直，可是如今似乎没人在乎这些了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
In the past
ago
any moreidiom
anymore
back in the dayidiom
back thenidiom
clock
departed
dim
flood
many moons agoidiom
mist
moon
more
no longeridiom
rewind the clockidiom
sometime
step
step back (in time)idiom
the mists of timeidiom
the status quo ante
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