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Bookmark or Share- come January - WordReference ForumsMar 9, 2014. #8. No, "come January" doesn't mean "until January". It means "when January arrives." Come spring, I'll go out in the yard and rake up last fall's dead leaves. That means I'll do it when spring arrives. "Until spring" would mean I plan to spend the time between now and the arrival of spring doing the raking, which would not make sense.
- Couldn't come sooner/can't come soon enough - WordReference ForumsCouldn't come sooner vs can't come soon enough, as in: "Summer vacation couldn't come sooner" or "summer vacation can't come soon enough!" Is there a distinction between these two phrases, or are they roughly the same? I know they're both used to mark great anticipation for something, but I was...
- come winter / come spring | WordReference ForumsBulgarian. Jun 21, 2013. #2. Errrm, the meaning - that is the easy part. 'Come winter' means 'when winter comes'. There are certain expressions that can use the bare infinitive 'come' that give your speech a more dramatic effect, the way I see it. This is really the subjunctive mood, I think - i.e. present subjunctive.
- come Friday, I will no longer be here. | WordReference Forums"come january i will no longer have a job" = i will be out of a job in january exactly, no later, no earlier. it is a rather literary phrase, seldom used in conversation. so far 'à partir de' and 'dès' seem like the best options, but even these leave the future open. try another phrase "come friday, the New York night scene changes completely."
- come vs come over - WordReference ForumsNo. There is no specific implication when you use "come" without "over". To my next door neighbor: We are having an informal gathering, with wine, on Saturday. Do, please come. About nine o'clock. To a friend in Chicago, some 1,500 miles away: Our daughter is getting married in January. I do hope so much that you will be able to come.
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