Idiom
gooseberry season
Meaning
A period, usually during the summertime, when news media tend to place increased emphasis on reporting light-hearted, offbeat, or bizarre stories.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The news is slow because it is gooseberry season.”
“Since it is gooseberry season, the newspapers are filling their front pages with stories about a cat that can play the piano.”
“During the quietude of gooseberry season, the media often resorts to publishing trivial human-interest pieces to compensate for the lack of significant political developments.”
Examples
simple
“The news is slow because it is gooseberry season.”
contextual
“Since it is gooseberry season, the newspapers are filling their front pages with stories about a cat that can play the piano.”
complex
“During the quietude of gooseberry season, the media often resorts to publishing trivial human-interest pieces to compensate for the lack of significant political developments.”
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