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We often describe spring as a time of rebirth, renewal and awakening. However, when the weather turns warm, many of us suffer from spring fever Are we actually sick when we have spring fever? Originally, yes,____ When the weather turned warm, some people developed sore throats, headaches, or stuffy noses. The definition of “spring fever” slowly changed in the early 1800s, Now people come to use the term to mean a sudden increase of romantic feelings. Elvis Presley describes this feeling in the song “Spring Fever.” “Spring fever, comes to everyone. Spring fever, it's tune for fun. There's no doubt now, love is everywhere. Get up, get out, spring is everywhere.” These days, we use “spring fever to describe a restless feeling after the long, cold days of winter. But the word “spring” is not just a season.____
Imagine that you are resting on the couch when suddenly you see a mouse run across the floor. You spring into action! You jump from the couch and run after the mouse! But you miss,____ Audit works! But when you tell your roommate that you caught a mouse in a trap, tears spring to her eyes. You feel bad and awfully sorry, but she really should have told you about her pet mouse Charlie! After all, your apartment doesn't allow pets.
____ You say to her, “You can't just spring that on me! I'll need time to find another roommate!” But then you think that maybe it's for the best. Every time you see her, you feel guilty about Charlie, her pet mouse.____ She always expects you to compensate her for her loss of the mouse: she wants you to spring for lunch, spring for movie tickets, and sometimes even spring for groceries. When you spring for something, you pay for someone else.
These expressions are really cool, aren't they? Next time, you can say to a friend, “I have spring fever. Let's leave early and go to an outdoor cafe, I'll spring for coffee.”
A. Things art conning to life in spring!
B. Your roommate turns her back on you.
C. It is also a verb that means something happening or appearing quickly.
D. Spring fever used to refer to an Actual illness.
E. Then unexpectedly, your roommate is moving out tomorrow.
F. That night you spring a trap with some cheese in it
G. Even so, she constantly annoys you.
