I believe it comes from movie theatre news short subjects on screens everywhere during the forties.
To get nutrients from the moisture.
Idly
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time to time is a common saying meaning now and then or sometimes
In literature it's most easily done by saying that's the last thing i remember from that point in time
time marches on
Time Marches On was created on 1996-01-23.
Time Marches On - song - was created on 1996-03-18.
A long time
Popeye the Sailor - 1960 Time Marches Backwards 1-54 was released on: USA: 1960
You can use marches as a noun or as verb. An example of marches as a verb would be "He marches like a chicken" An example of marches as a noun would be "All marches begin with a single step"
Come Home
This saying means that an army will go where it can be fed. If an army has no food, they will grow weak, when they are weak they march slow and are sluggish in a fight. So an army that marches on its stomach, marches to where it will be fed. Man cannot live on faith alone, while filling the spririt, it matters not to the stomach.
The saying 'time and tide wait for no man' means that favorable opportunities come and go, as time progresses, and we should always act without delay.
The saying 'when the cows come home' means for a very long time or indefinitely, as cows typically come back to the barn at the end of the day, signifying a prolonged wait or delay.
James of the Marches died in 1476.
James of the Marches was born in 1391.