Summer and Sun Idioms

Some idioms that are associated to summer:

• One swallow does not make a summer, and One swallow does not a summer make.

Prov. You should not assume that something is true just because you have seen one piece of evidence for it.
Amanda: I got a good grade on this quiz! My troubles in school are over. 
Nancy: One swallow does not a summer make.

• Summer complaint

n. diarrhea, especially that experienced in the summer.
I’ve got a touch of the summer complaint.

• 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.

• To make hay while the sun shines

 To do something right away while the situation or conditions are right, with no delay.
  It’s stopped raining, so I can go out and wash the car. Better make hay while the sun shines.

•  A place in the sun

A job or situation which makes you happy and gives you everything you need and want.
Joey has got a new job as an illustrator. He loves it! He’s finally found his place in the sun.

•  To think the sun shines out of someone's backside (very casual/not polite)

To love someone so much that you think they are perfect. This has a negative image as we usually use it when someone loves another person too much and forgets their faults.
 Tim thinks the sun shines out of his girlfriend’s backside! He’s always saying how great she is.

Have you found your place in the sun?