(simile) extremely white; totally white (of a color).

(simile) Extremely pure; totally pure (typically "pure" in the sense of "virtuous").

Alternative spelling of snow on the mountaintop

Alternative spelling of snow on the rooftop

(rhetorical question, colloquial) Used to emphasize that life passes quickly.

(often humorous) Even if a person is in his or her senior years, with gray hair, he or she can still have ambition and energy, especially sexual energy.

Synonym of there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace

(business, stock market, chiefly northern US and Canada) Stock market securities can be expected to increase in value to a greater degree in the cold winter months from November through April than in the warm months from May through October, and profit-minded investors should manage their portfolios accordingly.

Alternative form of buy when it snows, sell when it goes