gather rosebuds | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)To enjoy life'simmediatepleasures; to behave in arelaxed,carefreemanner.1890,Louis Napoleon Parker,St. George and the Dragon, Act 1,p. 2 (Google books):Pottleby: I like to see young people enjoying their youth—gathering rosebuds.1995,John F. Deane,Flightlines,page117:Gather rosebuds, Gráinne,gather rosebuds. Look at your moths and butterflies and think of possibilities, think of love, Gráinne, think of open spaces and freedom and love.2001September 10,Garrison Keillor, “In Praise of Laziness”, inTime, retrieved5 April 2015:But the sun shines on me still, and like any other poet I amgathering rosebudswhile I may, for the glory of flowers too soon is past and summer hath too short a lease.2009December 28,John Tierney, “Carpe Diem? Maybe Tomorrow”, inNew York Times, retrieved5 April 2015:. . . Or the poets who have kept turning out exhortations to seize the day andgather rosebuds.2011April 22, Tris McCall, “CD Reviews: Helplessness Blues”, inNJ.com, retrieved5 April 2015:“Fleet Foxes” meandered andgathered rosebudsand killed time, but it also announced the arrival of a significant young songwriter.

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