#lean years

[thebristolboard]

Original one-page adaptation by Leslie Cabarga of Al Dubin's and Harry Warren's classic Depression-era song, "With Plenty of Money & You," recorded by Count Basie and Tony Bennet, from Lean Years, published by the Cartoonists Co-op Press, May 1974.

[penhive]

Idioms

Cast your net on the other side

The disciples of Jesus fished all day and night but got no catch. Then Jesus told them to cast their nets on other side and when they did they got a plentiful catch.

Cast your nets on the other side as an idiom stands for a period of success and prosperity after a period of lull, desolation and ruin.

I hope and pray that that 2022 will be a year where I can cast nets on other side.

Weather the storm

Weather the storm as an idiom stands for facing trials and tribulations with courage and fortitude.

I have weathered many a storm in my life and I have emerged unhurt by the grace of God Jehovah Jesus.

Lean Years

Lean years as an idiom stands for a difficult period in one’s life.

2021 for me has been a period of lean years.

Robust Years

A robust year as an idiom stands for success and prosperity.

I hope 2022 will be a period of robust years for me.

Picasso

Picasso as an idiom stands for abstract thinking

When I write philosophy, I am a Picasso.

James Joyce

James Joyce as an idiom stands for streams of consciousness.

My fiction is one of James Joyce.

Marx

Marx as an idiom stands for a severed ideology.

Atheism is a Marx that has outlived time.

[pinoyparazzi]

“The Lean Years”

MARAHIL AY hindi nakararating sa mga kinauukulan ang problemang pag-uusapan ko ngayon. Ang tawag sa problemang ito ay “the lean years”. Palibhasa, mayroong pagkateknikal ang kalikasan ng problemang ito kaya hindi ito gaanong napag-uusapan sa kalsada, barangay at maging sa telebisyon. Ang tal...

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