One's carefree youth (5,4)

I believe the answer is:

salad days

(Other definitions for salad days that I've seen before include "Best time of youth" , "Period of youthful inexperience" , "Carefree youth" , "Time for a vegetarian diet" , "Youth; heyday" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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