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The traditional beginning of children’s stories, especially fairy tales.
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Once Upon a Time — may refer to: Once upon a time , a stock phrase used to open the telling of a story in the English language. Contents 1 Film 2 Music 3 … Wikipedia
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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./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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./ … Dictionary of American idioms
once upon a time — ► once upon a time at some time in the past. Main Entry: ↑once … English terms dictionary
Once upon a time — For other uses, see Once Upon a Time. Frontispiece to The How and Why Library, 1909 Once upon a time is a stock phrase that has been used in some form since at least 1380 (according to the Oxford English Dictionary) in storytelling in the English … Wikipedia
Once Upon a Time — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Once Upon a Time (série télévisée). Once Upon A Time Album par Simple Minds Sortie Octobre 1985 Producteur … Wikipédia en Français
once upon a time — literary 1. a long time ago. Once upon a time there lived a young girl called Cinderella. 2. if you say that something happened once upon a time, you mean that it happened in the past and you wish that it still happened now. Once upon a time,… … New idioms dictionary
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 … Словарь американских идиом
once upon a time — 1) used for starting children s stories Once upon a time, in a faraway land, lived a beautiful princess. 2) spoken used for talking about a situation that existed in the past but no longer exists, especially when it was better than the situation… … English dictionary
