{"id":211,"date":"2009-02-22T16:02:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-22T16:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.communicationcoach.ca\/blog\/?p=211"},"modified":"2015-04-13T19:23:30","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T23:23:30","slug":"idioms-from-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.communicationcoach.ca\/blog\/idioms-from-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Idioms from Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well it is the season for this topic, at least here in Canada and the northern U.S.<br \/>\n(I have modified these from http:\/\/idioms.thefreedictionary.com\/snow)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">To be (as) pure as the driven snow:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pure and chaste (Often used ironically.)<br \/>\nE.g. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Jill: Sue must have gone to bed with every man in town. Jane: And I always thought she was as pure as the driven snow!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">A snow bunny:<\/span><br \/>\n1. Someone learning to ski.<br \/>\nE.g. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">This little slope is for snow bunnies. They call it the \u2018bunny hill\u2019. <\/span><br \/>\n2. A young, attractive female at a skiing lodge.<br \/>\nE.g. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Some cute little snow bunny came over and sat beside me. This place is swarming with snow bunnies that have never even seen a ski.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Snowed in:<\/span><br \/>\nTrapped (somewhere) because of too much snow, most likely due to a recent snow storm.<br \/>\nE.g. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The snow was so deep that we were snowed in for three days. Luckily we had enough food to last us a while.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Snowed under:<\/span><br \/>\nOverworked; exceptionally busy.<br \/>\nE.g. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Look, I&#8217;m really snowed under at the moment. Can this wait?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">A snow job:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>An attempt to persuade or deceive someone by praising them or not telling the truth.<br \/>\nE.g. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Dane will need to do a snow job on his Dad if he&#8217;s ever going to borrow the car again, after getting into so many fender-benders (minor car accidents). <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy and stay warm!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well it is the season for this topic, at least here in Canada and the northern U.S. (I have modified these from http:\/\/idioms.thefreedictionary.com\/snow) To be (as) pure as the driven snow: Pure and chaste (Often used ironically.) E.g. Jill: Sue must have gone to bed with every man in town. 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