- the snows of yester-year
- "прошлогодний снег", вчерашний день, безвозвратное прошлое, прошлое, к которому нет возврата [этим. фр. les neiges d'antan]
Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.
the snows of yester-year
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François Villon — (in modern French, pronounced|fʀɑ̃swa viˈjɔ̃; in fifteenth century French, IPA| [fʀɑnswɛ viˈlɔn] ) (c. 1431 ndash; after 5 January 1463) was a French poet, thief, and vagabond. He is perhaps best known for his Testaments and his Ballade des… … Wikipedia
yesteryear — (n.) coined 1870 by Dante Gabriel Rossetti from yester(day) + year to translate Fr. antan (from V.L. *anteannum the year before ) in a refrain by François Villon: Mais ou sont les neiges d antan? which Rossetti rendered But where are the snows of … Etymology dictionary
