spring

See:
  • a spring in (one's) step
  • be full of the joys of spring
  • be no spring chicken
  • come/spring to mind
  • full of the joys of spring
  • have a spring in (one's) step
  • hope springs eternal
  • hope springs eternal in the human breast
  • no spring chicken
  • no spring chicken, (she's)
  • one swallow does not a spring make
  • one swallow does not make a spring
  • Pierian Spring
  • spring (one) (from some place)
  • spring a leak
  • spring a trap
  • spring a/the trap
  • spring at
  • spring at (someone or something)
  • spring back
  • spring chicken
  • spring fever
  • spring for
  • spring for (something)
  • spring for something
  • spring forth
  • spring forward, fall back
  • spring from
  • spring from (someone, something, or some place)
  • spring into action
  • spring on
  • spring on someone
  • spring out
  • spring out at
  • spring out at (someone or something)
  • spring out of
  • spring someone
  • spring to (one's) defense
  • spring to (one's) feet
  • spring to attention
  • spring to defense
  • spring to feet
  • spring to life
  • spring to mind
  • spring to/into life/action
  • spring up
  • spring up like mushrooms
  • springes to catch woodcocks
References in classic literature
A mad piper, indeed, this spring, with his wonderful lying music,--ever lying, yet ever convincing, for when was Spring known to keep his word?
"Oh, the spring, I suppose," he thought as he turned round.
'at the door, that lifted my ball for me out of the spring this morning: I told him that he should live with me here, thinking that he could never get out of the spring; but there he is at the door, and he wants to come in.'
"I believe the Spring has come at last," said the Giant; and he jumped out of bed and looked out.
Taking a wide circuit round the ultimate tracks, so as to leave them undisturbed for further examination, the man proceeded to the spring, the girl following, weak and terrified.
Spring is the most wonderful, because she has not to cover a clean, bare field with new leaves and flowers, but to drive before her and to put away the hanging-on, over-surviving raffle of half-green things which the gentle winter has suffered to live, and to make the partly-dressed stale earth feel new and young once more.
He now evinced displeasure at her repeated failures, and himself made a mighty spring upward.
Down goes the red cross, and up springs Simon with the scarlet roses!"
They were to marry in the spring--at the very first signs of spring, Walter said.
It lingered but a moment's space, that dream of Spring, and died; Yet as my head the pillows pressed, my soul had found thy side.
Not an intermitting spring! Perhaps on that spring morning when Adam and Eve were driven out of Eden Walden Pond was already in existence, and even then breaking up in a gentle spring rain accompanied with mist and a southerly wind, and covered with myriads of ducks and geese, which had not heard of the fall, when still such pure lakes sufficed them.
For each star is eye-like there, And looks so sweetly down on Beauty's hair - And they, and ev'ry mossy spring were holy To his love-haunted heart and melancholy.
As I remember, the spring came late that year in Carlisle.
WHEN SPRING CAME, AFTER that hard winter, one could not get enough of the nimble air.
Departure for the rendezvous A war party of Blackfeet A mock bustle Sham fires at night Warlike precautions Dangers of a night attack A panic among horses Cautious march The Beer Springs A mock carousel Skirmishing with buffaloes A buffalo bait Arrival at the rendezvous Meeting of various bands