Youthful period, idiomatically (5,4)

I believe the answer is:

salad days

(Other definitions for salad days that I've seen before include "when one is young?" , "Youth; heyday" , "Carefree youth" , "Green term" , "Best time of youth" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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