Phrases for ephemerality

Posted by Barney on July 01, 2003

In Reply to: Phrases for ephemerality posted by Weston 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

• Dust in the wind. ESC 07/01/03
  • Like the sea upon the sand Word Camel 07/01/03
    • Sands through an hourglass ESC 07/01/03
      • 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