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buy straw hats in winter

Especially of stocks, to buy when both demand and cost are low so that one may then sell when demand and price are high. A phrase attributed to Russell Sage, a 19th-century American investor and financier. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. I made a fortune buying shares in the startup company before smartphone technology became ubiquitous—I bought straw hats in winter, and now they're worth a fortune!
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summer and winter

To monitor one's behavior or abilities for a sufficiently long period of time. Oh yes, I will summer and winter him during this probationary period, to determine if we should hire him full-time.
See also: and, summer, winter

winter rat

A beat-up car that one does not mind driving in harsh winter weather. Primarily heard in US. A: "You don't take your Corvette out in the snow, do you?" B: "Of course not, that's what my winter rat is for!"
See also: rat, winter

dead of winter

The middle of winter, which is usually especially cold. I find myself dreaming of tropical islands every year in the dead of winter.
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in the dead of winter

In or during the middle of winter, especially at its coldest, darkest period. I find myself dreaming of tropical islands every year in the dead of winter.
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winter over (some place)

to spend the winter at some place. The bears all winter over in their dens. All the animals are getting ready either to migrate or to winter over. My parents winter over in Florida.
See also: over, winter

dead of

The period of greatest intensity of something, such as darkness or cold. For example, I love looking at seed catalogs in the dead of winter, when it's below zero outside. The earliest recorded use of dead of night, for "darkest time of night," was in Edward Hall's Chronicle of 1548: "In the dead of the night ... he broke up his camp and fled." Dead of winter, for the coldest part of winter, dates from the early 1600s.
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the dead of winter

the coldest part of winter.
The sense of dead here and in the previous idiom developed in the 16th century from dead time of —, meaning the period most characterized by lack of signs of life or activity.
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winter on

v.
1. To feed on something during winter: The deer winter on tree bark.
2. To feed some animal something during the winter: We wintered the cows on cornstalks.
See also: on, winter

winter over

v.
To spend, endure, or survive a winter: The scientist wintered over at the South Pole. My plant has wintered over successfully for three years.
See also: over, winter
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Last winter was one of the rainiest winters on record,'' Patzert said, noting that, while some say there were weak El Nino conditions present, the savage Southern California storms swept down from the Gulf of Alaska, surprising everyone.
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Painting is a circuit, a feedback loop," Winters maintains, something like a hollow conduit, repeating, repeating.
Terry Winters: Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
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The Winters must now pay $33,000 plus attorneys' fees for the 10 months they occupied the apartment after the lease expired.
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Given the mild nature of winters in the Southeast, we can stretch the guidelines a fair bit with out getting into too much trouble.
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Keeping your energy budget balanced during winters like these is a terrible struggle.
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With lessons learned from past winters, ISO New England continues to enhance its ability to call upon generation resources in the most efficient and reliable manner regardless of the weather.
ISO New England Expects Adequate Electricity Supply This Winter
Native to South Africa - whose long hot summers and cool wet winters mimic our own - the bird of paradise was brought to England in the 18th century by a plant explorer who gave it the genus name of Strelitzia (in honor of King George III's wife, the duchess of Strelitz) and the species name of reginae (meaning ``of the queen'').
IN THE GARDEN THIS BIRD GROWS BEST IN L.A
Despite two recent mild winters, the dramatic influx of American snowmobilers was so lucrative, they've upgraded the lodge to add a sauna and an extra cabin.
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