"gather rosebuds" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From the first line of \"To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time\" (inspired by Wisdom 2:8) by Robert Herrick (1591-1674):\n:: Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,\n:: Old time is still a-flying;\n:: And this same flower that smiles today\n:: Tomorrow will be dying.",
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    {
      "form": "gathering rosebuds",
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      "form": "gathered rosebuds",
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      "form": "gathered rosebuds",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "ref": "1890, Louis Napoleon Parker, St. George and the Dragon, Act 1, p. 2 (Google books)",
          "text": "Pottleby: I like to see young people enjoying their youth—gathering rosebuds."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, John F. Deane, Flightlines, page 117",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001 September 10, Garrison Keillor, “In Praise of Laziness”, in Time, retrieved 2015-04-05",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 December 28, John Tierney, “Carpe Diem? Maybe Tomorrow”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-04-05",
          "text": ". . . Or the poets who have kept turning out exhortations to seize the day and gather rosebuds.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 April 22, Tris McCall, “CD Reviews: Helplessness Blues”, in NJ.com, retrieved 2015-04-05",
          "text": "“Fleet Foxes” meandered and gathered rosebuds and killed time, but it also announced the arrival of a significant young songwriter.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To enjoy life's immediate pleasures; to behave in a relaxed, carefree manner."
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        "(idiomatic) To enjoy life's immediate pleasures; to behave in a relaxed, carefree manner."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "carpe diem"
        },
        {
          "word": "seize the day"
        },
        {
          "word": "stop and smell the roses"
        },
        {
          "word": "take the cash and let the credit go"
        }
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  "etymology_text": "From the first line of \"To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time\" (inspired by Wisdom 2:8) by Robert Herrick (1591-1674):\n:: Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,\n:: Old time is still a-flying;\n:: And this same flower that smiles today\n:: Tomorrow will be dying.",
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    {
      "form": "gathered rosebuds",
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          "ref": "1890, Louis Napoleon Parker, St. George and the Dragon, Act 1, p. 2 (Google books)",
          "text": "Pottleby: I like to see young people enjoying their youth—gathering rosebuds."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, John F. Deane, Flightlines, page 117",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001 September 10, Garrison Keillor, “In Praise of Laziness”, in Time, retrieved 2015-04-05",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 December 28, John Tierney, “Carpe Diem? Maybe Tomorrow”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-04-05",
          "text": ". . . Or the poets who have kept turning out exhortations to seize the day and gather rosebuds.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 April 22, Tris McCall, “CD Reviews: Helplessness Blues”, in NJ.com, retrieved 2015-04-05",
          "text": "“Fleet Foxes” meandered and gathered rosebuds and killed time, but it also announced the arrival of a significant young songwriter.",
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To enjoy life's immediate pleasures; to behave in a relaxed, carefree manner."
      ],
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      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "carpe diem"
    },
    {
      "word": "seize the day"
    },
    {
      "word": "stop and smell the roses"
    },
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      "word": "take the cash and let the credit go"
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  ],
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