"Victory," like John Sturgis's "The Great Escape" and a number of jolly, post-World War II English films, is not meant to be taken too seriously.
We don't often give children the chance to explore darker emotions, trying to make the world jolly and perfect and cuddly for them, but this book acknowledges the fear and sadness and isolation we all feel and shows that hope is always there, even if we can't always see it.
Stay jolly, Sir. The world can always use a little more magic in it, especially during the holidays.
A naggingly credulous adaptation of François Lelord's philosophically minded bestseller, with Simon Pegg as a psychiatrist using a round-the-world jolly as a means of jolting himself from cardiganned mid-life stasis.
They need regularly to deliver the world "a jolly good scare".
A jolly jaunt around the world's most repressive and dangerous regimes would be irresponsible.
It adds up to a sorry end to a jolly spree on the world's capital markets.
It's sad some bike companies feel the only way to make their products seem new is by associating them with this delusional world of jolly chaps, obscuring cycling's traditional ideal of fellowship.
Do not mistake the fair for just an art world holiday jolly; it is in large part a local undertaking, and it would never have worked if the city did not have a strong collector base eager to see it through.
Mr jolly: Arsenal need a world-class defensive midfielder and defender plus another utility defender.
