Love, it goes, is "best saved for the darkest of your days".
Diatribes are best saved for boxing, which pits human against human, in a ring.
(The explanation for this is so convoluted that it's best saved for another column on another day).
But a Harry Bosch police procedural like THE DROP (Little, Brown, $27.99) is best saved for a dark, rainy night.
And some are best saved for the fantasy before the mirror in the privacy of one's home.
For the recently married couple at the center of Molnar's play, authentic emotion is best saved for the stage, where everything is most real.
So I decided that potato and saffron gelati were best saved for the fall, to enjoy with adults, wine in hand.
Even nonfiction pieces more journalistic in nature than creative require strong writing and heavy reworking – "That's the way it happened" is best saved for the version told at bars.
Bruce Goldstein, Film Forum's director of repertory programming, said that "comfort movies," like those in the horror genre, perform well year round, but that scares are best saved for the summer.
Porcelain Bebes, also available at Merry-Go-Round of Crafts, are best saved for older children or, like the wooden classic cars, for grown-ups who can't resist.
