This is not already/ recently/ lately/ not long ago
Not for a long time.
("And the greatness of my writing is not great in the return to the Lord, that in every doubt there is a lightening of the burden of the Akkum" - Shu't of the Rasham, part and sign of the Kakka)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
זֶה לֹא כְּבָר
Definition (Hebrew)
לֹא לִפְנֵי זְמַן רַב.
("וּכְבָר כָּתַבְתִּי זֶה לֹא כְּבָר בִּתְשׁוּבָה לָק' דִּינוֹב דבכל סָפֵק יֵשׁ לְהָקֵל בְּשֶׁל עַכּוּ"ם"- שׁוּ"ת מהרש"ם חֵלֶק ו סִימָן קכה)