But when things get dire, there must be tolerance for occasional bouts of brown grass and dying plants, as the authorities restrict watering.
Passengers from LAX to JFK and ORD to IAH have resigned themselves to hunger, deriving comfort from being near enough to their knees to eat them, should things get dire.
Only the food and water could be rationed, and the captain of the West Kebar, the last man to board lifeboat No. 4, was strict: a good captain makes sure things get dire as slowly as possible instead of all at once.
If things get dire, the site may turn to its readers for support.
When things get dire, you've got to go to the pantry (which as food lovers we equate with "going to the mattresses").
By not showing the more inherently dramatic elements of Liza's life, Younger maintains a fun, light-hearted vibe even when things get dire.
And if things got really dire, Warren Moe, Manhattan psychotherapist and bike racer, led the pack.
When the CW show's eighth season began last fall, things got less dire, but the enterprise still gave the impression it was just going through the motions.
Things began getting dire with the first official Olympic mascot, Misha the bear cub, living emobidment of the 1980 Moscow Games, who was supplemented by Vigri, some kind of baby seal, for the yachting events in Tallinn, Estonia.
But recently, Leuzzi says, things have gotten dire.
