Phrases for ephemerality

Posted by Bob on June 30, 2003

In Reply to: Phrases for ephemerality posted by Weston on June 30, 2003

: 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".

Like a pork chop in a boarding house.