the silly season

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the silly season (British & Australian informal)

a period of time in the summer when there is not much news, especially political news, so the newspapers have articles about events that are not important It's the silly season again, and as usual, the papers are full of stories about the Loch Ness Monster.

See play silly buggers

See also: season, silly

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We have seen this government's policies moved from tax and spend to borrow and spend, and if its poll ratings continue to dip after the silly season and there is no possible recovery in sight, then we may even see the final malevolent act of slash and burn, to ensure the Tories inherit an economic landscape so barren it would send shivers down the spine of the bravest of political leaders. We are the victims; LETTERS to the EDITOR by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Byline: Kenny Toal THOSE of us in the trade call it the silly season. First blush of summer; NORTH East Tonight reporter and presenter ... by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) This weekend starts the silliest time of the silly season, when desperation is turned into TV ads and mail pieces and robo-calls. FLASHPOINT by Staff / Las Vegas Sun			the rank and file the real McCoy the red-light district the rest is history The road to hell is paved with good intentions the roof caves in the rot sets in the rough and tumble of the rub of the green the salt of the earth the same old same old the same old thing the same to you The scales fall from eyes the school of hard knocks the scum of the earth the seven year itch the shape of things to come the sharp end the shit hits the fan the shit out of the shock of life the shoe is on the other foot The show must go on the silent majority the silly season the silver screen the sixty-four-thousand-dollar question The sky's the limit the slings and arrows the small hours the smart money the smoke the smoking gun The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak the spirit moves the staff of life the state of play the status quo the story of life the straight and narrow the straw that breaks the camel's back the strong, silent type the sun belt the swing of things the tail end of the tail wagging the dog the thin end of the wedge the thing is the thinking man's crumpet the third degree			The Show Me State The show must go on The show must go on The Showalter Group The Showdown The Showdown The Shyguy Kingdom The Sicilian Vespers The Sicilian Vespers The Sick and Tired The sick chicken case the sick man the sick man the sick man The Sickle and the Hammer The Sickle and the Hammer The Sidney Crosby Show The Siemens Science Experience The Signal Page The signal service The Silence of the Lambs The Silent Ballet The Silent Force The Silent Killer the silent majority the silk moth The Silk Route The Silk Route The Silk stocking strangler The Silk stocking strangler the silly season The Silver Lining The Silver Lining (album) the silver screen The Silver Surfer The Simple Lunisolar Calendar Leap Years The Simple Observing Log The Simpler the Better The Simplest Thing That Could Possibly Work The simplicial complex The Simpsons The Simpsons Movie The Simpsons Pinball Party The Simpsons Yellow Pages The Simpsons: Road Rage The Simputer Trust The Sims The Sims 2

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