blast from past
Unexpected old memory
A blast from the past is something that suddenly brings back memories of an earlier time—an old song, a childhood friend, a forgotten photograph.
The phrase suggests pleasant surprise at this unexpected encounter with the past: Running into my college roommate was a real blast from the past.
Usually appears with the article: a blast from the past.
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- good old daysIdealized past era
- throwbackReturn to ancestral type
- memory laneFigurative path through recollections
- memoryMind's retention capacity
trip down · vintage · retro · old school · flashback · reminisce · way back when · oldies · golden age · reunion · childhood · time capsule · photograph · yearbook · song · rewind · déjà vu · forgotten
- memoriesmemories, remember, recollections, childhood memory, childhood memories
- memory phrasesring a bell, jog your memory, tip of tongue, commit to memory, slipped my mind
- nostalgic songsoldies, golden oldie, classic hit, old favorite
- nostalgianostalgia, nostalgic, memories, memory, remember
blast from pastuncharted territory
Unmapped, unexplored area
terra incognita · fresh start · clean slate · blank page · unknown quantity
blast, blasts, blasted, blasting, blaster, blasters, past, pasts