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…
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