tale as old as time
- beautyAesthetic excellence
- beastLarge wild animal
- fairyTiny winged magical creature
- enchantedUnder magical influence
- roseStood up, or fragrant bloom
castle · curse · love · legend · timeless · classic · ballroom · dance · spell · magic · eternal · romance · storybook · once upon a time · happily ever after · princess · transformation · moonlight
temporal novelty
tale as old as timeflash in the pan
Short-lived success
passing fancy · fleeting moment · nine days' wonder · breaking story · breaking news
narrative familiarity
tale as old as timesui generis
Of its own kind
once-in-a-lifetime · stranger than fiction · anomaly · outlier · freak occurrence