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Christmassy
Jokes
Did you hear about the dyslexic devil worshipper?
He sold his soul to
Santa.
What do you get if you cross Santa with a duck?
A Christmas Quacker!
What do you call Santa's little helpers?
Subordinate clauses!
Snowed
under?
Let’s get festive with this seasonal collection of
idioms related to the the word season and Christmas
idiom (n): an expression, word, or phrase that has a
figurative meaning that is separate from the literal meaning or definition of
the words of which it is made
Off season
Not in the busy time of the year.
“We don't have much
to do off season.” "Things are very quiet around here off season."
Open season
(on someone)
A period of time when everyone is criticizing someone.
"It seems as if it's always open season on politicians."
The silly
season
A period of time in the summer when there is not much
news, especially political news, so the newspapers have articles about events
that arenot important.
"It's the
silly season again, and as usual, the papers are full of stories about the Loch
Ness Monster."
Full of the
joys of spring.
To feel very happy and full of youthful energy.
"The sun was shining, and even though it was October,
I was full of the joys of spring."
The dead of
winter.
Used to describe the middle of winter, when it is very
cold and dark.
"He disappeared in the dead of winter: The river
was frozen, the streets almost
deserted."
Be as pure
as the driven snow
To be morally good
"How dare he criticise me for having an affair?
He's not exactly as pure as the driven snow himself."
Be snowed
under
To have so much work that you have problems dealing
with it all (often + with) "She wants me to take some time off but I'm
snowed under with “work at the moment”.
From everyone here at Clever Pants
we wish you a very happy festive season, whatever you are celebrating!
See you in 2013!
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