Gathering Idioms While I May

“Gather ye rosebuds while ye may—you never know what tomorrow will bring. Youth is a fleeting thing, so gather ye rosebuds while ye may.” From “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”, by Robert Herrick.

I love idioms, pithy sayings that communicate, not via literal meaning, but through symbolism and metaphor. Herrick,  for example, wasn’t literally encour…