No time to spare: the expression assumed its full significance, as so many expressions do in wartime.

“Only victors have stories to tell,we the vanquished were then thought ofas cowa…”

“The problems I had existed before I did, and I discovered them.”

“Only happy people have nightmares, from overeating. For those who live a nightm…”

“I had often thought that if I managed to live through the war I wouldn't expect…”