the darling buds of May
the darling buds of May
The flowers of early spring. The phrase comes from Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 ("rough winds do shake the darling buds of May"). I'm so sick of winter that I just can't wait for the darling buds of May to be in bloom.
See also: bud, darling, may, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
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- (it's) (all) Greek to me
- Greek to me
- Greek to me, it's
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- a plague on both your houses
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- cowards die many times before their death(s)