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Re: Sands through an hourglassPosted by Hopper on July 02, 2003 In Reply to: Re: Sands through an hourglass posted by ESC on July 01, 2003 : : : : : Whoops! I started a phrase discussion a few days ago, and then that whole board went into archive. Here is my original post plus a single reply to date, from bob: : : : : : I am curious to learn whether people here have some good phrases or images for ephemerality. To give an example, one that I know is a simile: "fading like dew on the grass of a summer's morn". : : : : : to which Bob added: : : : : : Like a pork chop in a boarding house. : : : : A snowball in hell : : : I'll look in a descriptive dictionary and see what I can find. All I can think of at the moment is the old song, "Dust in the Wind." That song is full of fleeting moment phrases. : : A flash in the pan.. I'll add others if I can think of them. : "Like sands through an hourglass these then, are the days of our lives." From the soap opera by the same name -- Days of Our Lives. "Like a quickly vanishing mirage."
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