Meaning of gather rosebuds | Babel Free

Definitions

To enjoy life's immediate pleasures; to behave in a relaxed, carefree manner.

idiomatic

Examples

“Pottleby: I like⟳ to see⟳ young people enjoying their youth—gathering rosebuds.”

“Gather rosebuds, Gráinne, gather rosebuds. Look⟳ at your moths and butterflies and think⟳ of possibilities, think⟳ of love⟳, Gráinne, think⟳ of open⟳ spaces and freedom and love⟳.”

“But the sun shines on me still, and like⟳ any other poet I am gathering rosebuds while I may, for the glory of flowers too soon is past and summer hath too short a lease.”

“. . . Or the poets who have⟳ kept turning out exhortations to seize the day and gather rosebuds.”

““Fleet Foxes” meandered and gathered rosebuds and killed time, but it also announced the arrival of a significant young songwriter.”

CEFR level