where are the snows of yesteryear

Phrase

colloquial rhetoric

(rhetorical question, colloquial) Used to emphasize that life passes quickly.

Japanese Meaning

人生の儚さや時の流れの速さを感傷的に問いかける表現 / 過ぎ去った日々への郷愁や、人生の一瞬一瞬がいかに儚いかを強調する問いかけ / 過ぎ去った時代や若さの消散を嘆く感情を呼び起こすレトリカルなフレーズ

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

庭で子どもたちが笑っているのを窓辺で眺めながら、私は思わず「昔の雪はどこへ行ってしまったのだろう」とつぶやき、人生がいかに早く過ぎ去るかを改めて感じた。

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(rhetorical question, colloquial) Used to emphasize that life passes quickly.

Pathetic as its passing is, one cannot honestly regret the old school. I was looking last night at the programme of my very first hall, and received a terrible shock to my time-sense. Where are the snows of yesteryear? Where are the entertainers of 1895?

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