within living memory

within living memory
(within living memory (тж. within the memory of men))
на памяти живущего поколения, на памяти живущих

Norway, for instance, has changed her spelling officially thrice within living memory. (C. L. Wrenn, ‘The English Language’, Kenk) — Норвегия, например, на памяти живущего поколения три раза официально меняла орфографию.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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