You may not get what you ask for but it never hurts to ask, and a contractor will be in a much more generous mood now, while he's trying to firm up work, then next year when his dance card is already full. (moneysense.ca)
Even though it was a week after Christmas Day, Arsenal seemed in a particularly generous mood on New Years» Day as they gifted three points to Southampton at St Mary's. (thebigdiag.com)
The top end of the Premier League may be a haven of cut - throat capitalism but here at the Emirates two of its biggest teams were in excessively generous mood, gifting goal after goal to one another, producing one of the most entertaining, unpredictable and festive matches of the whole season, never mind the Christmas calendar. (liverpoolfc.com)