ages ago
In distant history
Ages ago means a very long time in the past, though the actual duration varies wildly by context.
A child might say something happened ages ago when it was last month; an adult might mean decades.
The phrase emphasizes felt distance rather than literal time: We dated ages ago—I barely remember him.
- once upon a timeTraditional narrative opening
- days of yoreRemote historical period
- olden daysHistorical past times
- time immemorialBeyond memory's reach
- dawn of timeThe absolute beginning
bygone · formerly · donkey's years · since forever · ancient · antiquated · ancient history · old as the hills · medieval · primordial · back in the day · victorian · horse and buggy · in the past · archaic · prehistoric · paleolithic · classical
- Hyperbolea zillion, bazillion, gazillion, bajillion, zillion
- time expressionsnow, today, soon, tomorrow, later
- time phrasesall day, all night, for now, in time, on time
- time wordsminute, hour, day, now, soon
- story phrasesonce upon a time, happily ever after, the end, in the beginning, far far away
- nostalgianostalgia, nostalgic, memories, memory, remember