once upon a time

[once upon a time] {adv. phr.}

Sometime before now, long ago.

* /Once upon a time she was thought to be the most talented actress in the country./

- Often used at the beginning of fairy stories.

* /Once upon a time there lived a king who had an ugly daughter./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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