in days of yore

Grinding in days of yore is what the butcher did when you ordered some hamburger.

Many apps don’t bother with them, and many more haven’t updated their widget’s look since they first made one in days of yore.

The reporter wrote: “In days of yore, when her coach asked for 10 routines on the beam, Svetlana Boginskaya hopped to it. Now, at 23, she knows that five perfect run-throughs will suffice.”

The Mongols in days of yore stunned their Western foes with poisonous gases.

In days of yore – well before 9/11 – after planes took off, folks in coach could often spread out, sometimes to better empty seats.