[Ads-l] summer cold

[Laurence Horn]

arguably a bit less transparent than “autumn leaves” or “winter chill” but more so than “spring fever”

LH
 
> On Mar 18, 2018, at 11:23 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Transparent, to be sure, but possibly worth a mention since it suggests
> that it's worse than a common cold.
> 
> Some will recall the Contac commercials (ca1970?) that declared "A summer
> cold is a different animal!"
> 
> In the 1932 movie "The Purchase Price," Barbara Stanwyck tells George
> Brent, "You've caught one of those terrible summer colds."
> 
> JL
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