Summer idioms

In celebration of  the summer solstice,we can find some idioms and natural English expressions using  the words sun, shine and summer.

• Indian summer: a period  of warm weather which sometimes happens in early autumn  =   veranillo de S. Martin o S. Miguel in Spanish                  
• One swallow doesn´t make a summer: something that you say which means because one good thing has happened, you cannot therefore be certain that more good things will happen and the whole situation will improve.
• Silly season: the time of the year (late summer) when there is no important news and news reporters focus on unimportant things.
• Dog days: the late-summer period.
• To make hay while the sun shines: to do something right away while the situation or conditions are right, with no delay.
• A place in the sun: a job or situation which makes you happy and gives you everything you need or want.

For more idioms related to summer: http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/summer-sun-shine-and-summer-idioms