The translation of i met him in my salad days is: I was in my youth when I met him.
In salad days:
Pronunciation: English [?s?l?d de?z], American [?s?l?d de?z]. ?
Chinese translation: the period of youth; the period of adolescence when one is not deeply involved in the world.
English analysis: a period of youth and inexperience.
Salad is a salad commonly eaten by Westerners, also known as salad. The ingredients are mainly various vegetables, and the color is usually green. Green symbolizes youth in English, so salad days refer to those green years that everyone once had when they were simple, immature, young and careless, but ambitious, full of enthusiasm and expectations for the world.
In addition to meaning "green years", salad days also has other extended meanings in the development of modern English. It is sometimes used to refer to the most successful and smooth period of life.
Example: Grandpa said, “During my salad days, I did a lot of mistakes”.
Grandpa said: “I did a lot of mistakes when I was young.
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