A good jolly is worth what you pay for it.
Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature.
If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable.
It is not time for mirth and laughter, the cold, gray dawn of the morning after.
One man's poison ivy is another man's spinach.
In the city a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of popular entertainment.