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four score and seven years agoAs an opener, a sometimes sarcastic indicator to indicate a past event being mentioned is particularly important.Rate it:

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four score and seven years ago87 years prior to today.Rate it:

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long ago and far awayIn the distant past, years and years ago.Rate it:

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tertium decimum annum agoI am in my thirteenth year.Rate it:

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year dotA very long time ago, from the beginning or as far back as one can remember.Rate it:

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abhinc (ante) viginti annos or viginti his annistwenty years ago.Rate it:

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ancient historyThat which happened a long time ago and not worth discussing any more.Rate it:

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throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stickTry the same thing (or similar things) often enough, and, even if the general standard is poor, sometimes one will be successful.2001, And still no one is shouting stop. read in The Kingdom archives at on 02 Nov 06,Many team managers are of the philosophy that if you throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick. They believe that team preparation is all about physical fitness. They run the players into the ground and they believe they will be "flying on the day".2001, Robert McCrum, Let them eat cake, in The Observer 16 Dec 01, read on Guardian Unlimited site at on 02 Nov 06,Australian publishing boomed and in the past 10 years the country's literary culture has undergone a mini golden age, capped by Carey's triumph at the 2001 Booker Prize. As one Australian arts administrator said to me many years ago: 'Listen, mate, if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.'2001, Chris Collin, Re: 2-cp speys on The Strathspey Server mailing list archive at on 02 Nov 06,I am finding that "if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick". It doesn't always work of course (especially on the nights when the class is mostly the beginners), but the class seems to thrive on the challange.2005, Ray Craft (poster on The right scale blog), Fitzhooie and his Burden, read at on 02 Nov 06,Prosecutors everywhere have bad habits of overcharging lots of cases, knowing that if the throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick.2005, Sean Kelleher, Spike Milligan: His part in our downfall in Business 07 Aug 05, read at on 02 Nov 06,As long as there is negligible regulation and enforcement anyone can actually try and do the job...Weak regulation allows the industry to build strategies on full time recruitment. The theory goes: throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.c2005, Everything You've Learned About Marketing Is Wrong, read on LINC Performance website at on 02 Nov 06,They have the money to continue to believe in the repetition side of the equation. You throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick. But it still isnRate it:

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amplius sunt (quam) viginti anni or viginti annisit is more than twenty years ago.Rate it:

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cet événement date de loinThat event happened long ago.Rate it:

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historical figureA person who lived long ago, usually of some historical note or importance.Rate it:

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I'm ... year(s) oldI was born... year ago.Rate it:

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il y a quinze ans jour pour jourIt was fifteen years ago to the very day.Rate it:

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illae sententiae iam pridem explosae et eiectae sunt (Fin. 5. 8. 23)those ideas have long ago been given up.Rate it:

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je l'ai vu tout à l'heureI saw him just now, not long ago.Rate it:

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needed itI was longing for it a long time agoRate it:

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the other dayRecently; lately; a few days ago.Rate it:

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time out of mind1) The distant past beyond memory 2) A time in the past that was so long ago that people have no knowledge or memory of it.Rate it:

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vetus (verbum) est (c. Acc. c. Inf.)it was said long ago that...Rate it:

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