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Phrase: Pure as the driven snow
Living in the southern Kansai area, I can very happily say that I rarely see snow.
Originally I came from the Great White North, otherwise known as Canada to you Southerners.
I have had many opportunities to see, shovel and curse snow.
That is the main reason why I am not as pure as the driven snow.
If someone is pure as the driven snow, they are virtuous, innocent and have no moral flaws.
In truth, the only people who are pure as the driven snow are dead and called saints.
That doesn’t stop us, though, from referring to some good people among us that way.
This phrase is commonly used as a sarcastic way to refer to someone who would put the devil to shame.
You don’t have to tell me, but I’m sure that you all know at least one person who on the outside, appears to be pure as the driven snow, but when no one is looking, they let their guard down and their faults fall out.
Who knows, it could be you.
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We all have skeletons in our closets, don’t we?
That, however, is one for another day.
With Christmas just around the corner, we’ll put that one in our pocket and save it for Halloween.
If you are a skier, then you know the value of fresh powder.
Most avid skiers or snowboarders love to fly down a hill knee-deep in fresh, white powder as a gentle breeze blows it around.
That’s kind of what ‘driven snow’ is.
It’s fresh, light, bright white snow blown about by the wind.
It hasn’t been soiled and is still pure and innocent, just like us.
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