Old Man Winter
English
Caricature of Old Man Winter
Proper noun
- Personification of winter.[1][2]
- Robert H. Claxton (Professor Emeritus of History, State University of West Georgia), (2002).Claxton on Williams and Duedall, 'Florida Hurricanes and Tropical Storms, 1871-2001':
- It is interesting how we personalize or humanize certain forces which we cannot control like "Mother Nature" and "Old Man Winter".
- Sara Foss. (2011). The Daily Gazette: Speaking of the weather.
- […] the media like to humanize the weather, to suggest that we’re in some kind of grim battle with Old Man Winter when it’s cold or snowy […]
- Scotland Miles. (2003). Don't Take Me To Your Leader Pg. 28-29. →ISBN
- They also have humanized time and weather, with such references as "Father Time" and "Old Man Winter", "Mother Earth" and "Hurricane Floyd".
- Robert H. Claxton (Professor Emeritus of History, State University of West Georgia), (2002).Claxton on Williams and Duedall, 'Florida Hurricanes and Tropical Storms, 1871-2001':
See also
Further reading
References
- “Old Man Winter” (US) / “Old Man Winter” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.
- Farlex Dictionary
Translations
Old Man Winter
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