Sands through an hourglass

Posted by ESC on July 01, 2003

In Reply to: Like the sea upon the sand posted by Word Camel 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.

• Sands through an hourglass Hopper 07/02/03
  • Fade as a leaf ESC 07/02/03
    • Ephemeral Barney 07/03/03
  • Exhaust the little moment ESC 07/02/03