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Kathleen Norris

(1880—1966)

U.S. novelist, in Bread Into Roses, 1939.

There seems to be so much more winter than we need this year.

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year-round

[year-round] or [year-around] {adj.} Usable, effective, or operating all the year. * /Colorado is a year-round resort; there is fishing in the summer and skiing in the winter./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

bread

[bread] See: [HALF A LOAF is BETTER THAN NONE], [KNOW WHICH SIDE ONE'S BREAD IS BUTTERED ON], [TAKE THE BREAD OUT OF ONE'S MOUTH]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

Evelyn Waugh

(1903-1966) English novelist Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. www.english-slang.com

bed of roses

[bed of roses] or [bowl of cherries] {n. phr.} A pleasant easy place, job, or position; an easy life. * /A coal miner's job is not a bed of roses./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Kingsley Amis

(1922-1995) English author It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start life as children.

hell and high water

[hell and high water] {n. phr.} Troubles or difficulties of any kind. * /After John's father died he went through hell and […]

put someone on

[put someone on] {v.} To play a joke on someone by saying or doing things that are only pretense; kid. * /When the voice on […]

Napoleon Bonaparte

You can stop while you are raising, but not when you are falling.

many hands make light work

[many hands make light work] If many people work together, even a hard job becomes easier. - A proverb. * /Come on boys, […]

up and at them

[up and at them] 1. {adv. phr.} Actively engaged in a task as if doing combat. * /"You want to know whether he will make a […]