Welll…not quite the same since a deciduous tree or shrub sheds its leaves annually. Often contrasted with evergreen. Otherwise we would not have Christmas trees as we know them.
When I visited an English pub for the first time and ordered a pint of stout (after a flight from California non-stop to London) I was, we say, gassed. Yesterday Andy allegedly consumed 16 pints…..sounds like an impossibilty to a yank.
Rod Stewert….big brass bed….a song comes to mind.