golden age

golden age

A period of or defined by outstanding excellence, quality, prosperity, or achievement. This Halloween, we're having a marathon of all the monster movies from the golden age of cinema. Many people look back on the 1950s as some kind of golden age, completely ignoring or denying many of the deep-rooted social injustices that typified that time in America.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

golden age

A period of prosperity or excellent achievement, as in Some consider the baroque period the golden age of choral music. The expression dates from the mid-1500s, when it was first applied to a period of classical Latin poetry.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

the golden age of something

The golden age of a particular field of activity is a period of time during which it was very successful or of a very high quality. You grew up in the golden age of American children's books. The Middle Ages were the golden age of the spice trade.
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Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

a golden age

a period in the past when things were at their best, happiest, or most successful.
According to Greek and Roman mythology, the Golden Age was the earliest and best age of the world, when human beings lived in a state of perfect happiness. The Ages of Silver, Brass, and Iron represented successive stages of a descent into barbarism and misery.
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

the ˈgolden age (of something)

the period during which something is very successful, especially in the past: This book looks back on the golden age of steam engines, and all railway fans will enjoy it immensely.
See also: age, golden
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
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References in periodicals archive
The golden age highlights how time moves swiftly, so we must not waste it on things, conversations and people of no consequence.
The gifts of our golden years
Critique: A seminal work of exceptionally impressive scholarship, "Eden in the Altai: The Prehistoric Golden Age and the Mythic Origins of Humanity" is an extraordinary and inherently fascinating read from first page to last.
Eden in the Altai
Critique: In our present day where Donald Trump and his congressional cronies decry journalists as Enemies Of The People, as well as presenting a persistent misogynist attitude toward women in general, and female reporters in particular, "Washington's Golden Age: Hope Ridings Miller, the Society Beat, and the Rise of Women Journalists" is unreservedly recommended as a critically important and urgently needed addition to community, college, and university library American Journalism History collections.
Washington's Golden Age
However, The Golden Age is slightly worse off with a trio who finished only just behind him on his latest start (Dinozzo, Marvel Hero and Citron Spirit) and 9lb worse off with Beauty Prince having beaten him by just a length and a quarter here in October.
Beauty Prince can trump Age; Graham Cunningham C HONG KONG VIEW
As you move through history in Civilization VI: Rise and Fall , you will reach moments where the game judges your performance up to that point and triggers either Golden Ages or Dark Ages, depending on how you have played.
'Civilization 6' Expansion Called 'Rise & Fall,' Out Feb. 8
This fictional detective was one of the most popular protagonists of the Golden Age of detective fiction.
H.C. Bailey's Reggie Fortune and the Golden Age of Detective Fiction
He also has little to say about the years before the Golden Age, although it's impossible to understand what happened after 1945 without taking them into account.
When the going was good
The Danish Golden Age is commonly accepted as the cultural surge in the first half of the 19th century.
Cultural crisis and golden age as dialectic opposites: a review of The Cultural Crisis of the Danish Golden Age: Heiberg, Martensen and Kierkegaard
Grant will join a line-up of West End dancers and singers in paying homage to the glitz and glamour of the golden age of Hollywood movies.
Grant to host Hollywood dance sensation; PREVIEW: The Golden Age of Dance, Wales Millennium Centre, November 15
THE UK should be living through a golden age of investment in infrastructure but risks "squandering" the opportunity, a business leader has warned.
Building delays are a wasted opportunity
Ron Hubbard's international bestselling novel Battlefield Earth is being released nationally as a commemorative edition by Galaxy Press this coming Father's Day, and includes a special dedication to the writers and editors who made science fiction's Golden Age a reality.
"Battlefield Earth" Dedication a Tribute to SF Golden Age Writers
But As Dreams Fall Apart: The Golden Age of Jewish Stage and Film Music 1925-1955 isn't just any old cabaret album.
Chicago Ensemble Earns Grammy Nomination for Album of Jewish Music From 'Golden Age'
TEHRAN (FNA)- Secretary General of Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) says the golden age of natural gas is approaching.
GECF Sec. Gen. Outlines Gas Market Challenges
Golden Age, the third and final volume of Jane Smiley's splendid The Last Hundred Years trilogy, opens during a 1987 family reunion at the Langdon family farm in Iowa.
Golden Age