an Indian summer

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an Indian summer

1. a period of warm weather which sometimes happens in early autumn Both the UK and Ireland have been enjoying an Indian summer over the past few weeks.

2. a successful or pleasant period in someone's life, especially towards the end of their life The book describes the last 20 years of Churchill's life, including his Indian summer as prime minister between 1951 and 1955.

See also: Indian, summer

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Today marks the start of autumn according to the Meteorological office, and unfortunately its autumn forecast doesn't promise an Indian summer. Is summer really over? by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk However, September's here, an Indian summer is surely due and there's a rake of jobs to do. your garden: Switch on to bulbs; Get ready to start planting for ... by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) Byline: Simon Williams FORGET Venice, Madrid and the hotspots of the Mediterranean, South Wales is basking in an Indian Summer that is making it one of the warmest parts of Europe. Driest September for almost a decade by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)			an all-out effort an all-rounder an amber gambler an ambulance chaser An apple a day keeps the doctor away an arm and a leg An army marches on its stomach an article of faith an attack an awkward customer an eager beaver an earful an early bath an early bird an earth mother an educated guess an ego trip an embarrassment of riches an éminence grise An empty sack cannot stand upright an end in itself an enfant terrible An Englishman's home is his castle an even break An eye for an eye an Indian summer an inside job an iron fist in a velvet glove an iron man an ivory tower an old chestnut an old flame an old hand an old head on young shoulders an old maid an old wives' tale an open book an open marriage an open sesame an own goal an ugly duckling an Uncle Tom an unknown quantity an uphill battle ancient history and and a half and all that jazz and change and hang the cost and how			an eye for an eye an eye for an eye an eye for an eye an eye for an eye an eye for an eye an eye on an eye over An Foras Taluntais An Garda Siochana An Garda Siochána An Garda Síochana An Garda Síochána An Gir An HTML An hua An Hui An Hui An Hwei An Hwei An Hyang An Iceland Fisherman An idiot An idiot An idiot An idiot An if an important milestone in life an important milestone in someone's life An Incident of Glass An Inconvenient Truth an Indian summer an inside job An Integrated Art Analysis and Navigation Environment An Intelligent Real-Time System for Signal Understanding An Interactive Environment Engine An Interactive Online Learning Environment An Investigation into Corporate Fraud an iron fist in a velvet glove an iron fist in a velvet glove an iron fist in a velvet glove an iron fist in a velvet glove an iron fist in a velvet glove an iron hand in a velvet glove an iron hand in a velvet glove an iron hand in a velvet glove an iron hand in a velvet glove an iron hand in a velvet glove an iron man An ISDN Architecture in use in Japan an itching palm an itchy palm an itchy palm an itchy palm an ivory tower An Lu Shan An Lu-Shan An Lushan An Lushan An Lushan rebellion An Mhumhain An Mhumhain

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