10 Weather Idioms in English

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☀️ 🌧 10 WEATHER IDIOMS YOU NEED TO KNOW 💨 ⛈ The weather is crazy... and so is the English language! 😂 Just kidding. But let me show you some of my favourite weather idioms with meanings and examples in this awesome thread 👇🏻 #English #vocabulary #ESL #ELT #IELTS #TOEFL

【GET WIND OF SOMETHING】 👉🏻 𝙈𝙀𝘼𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂: you begin to suspect that something is happening or you hear a rumour of something 👍🏻 𝙀𝙓𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙇𝙀: "Marty got wind of a plot being planned against him."

【SAVE UP FOR A RAINY DAY】 👉🏻 𝙈𝙀𝘼𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂: put some money aside for whenever it may be needed 👍🏻 𝙀𝙓𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙇𝙀: "Once you have the basic home comforts, it’s important to save up for a rainy day."

【RAIN CATS AND DOGS】 👉🏻 𝙈𝙀𝘼𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂: rain very hard or a lot 👍🏻 𝙀𝙓𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙇𝙀: "Spring is weird: some days it’s sunny while others it can be raining cats and dogs."

【COME RAIN OR SHINE】 👉🏻 𝙈𝙀𝘼𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂: whatever happens 👍🏻 𝙀𝙓𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙇𝙀: "I’ll alway be there for you, come rain or shine."

【ON CLOUD NINE】 👉🏻 𝙈𝙀𝘼𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂: extremely happy or delighted 👍🏻 𝙀𝙓𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙇𝙀: "They’ve just had a baby, so they’re on cloud nine all day long."

【UNDER THE WEATHER】 👉🏻 𝙈𝙀𝘼𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂: with flu or a cold, or in low spirits 👍🏻 𝙀𝙓𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙇𝙀: "I didn’t go to the gym yesterday because I was a little under the weather."

【A STORM IN A TEACUP】 👉🏻 𝙈𝙀𝘼𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂: a small problem that has been blown out of proportion 👍🏻 𝙀𝙓𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙇𝙀: "In my opinion, the whole thing is just a storm in a teacup."

【A RAINBOW CHASE】 👉🏻 𝙈𝙀𝘼𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂: something that is impossible to get or that it doesn’t exist 👍🏻 𝙀𝙓𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙇𝙀: "They’re giving their marriage another shot, though it’s probably just a rainbow chase."

【HEAD IN THE CLOUDS】 👉🏻 𝙈𝙀𝘼𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂: you’re not being realistic or that you are daydreaming 👍🏻 𝙀𝙓𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙇𝙀: "He can’t continue going around with his head in the clouds; he must be realistic about his problems."

【BREAK THE ICE】 👉🏻 𝙈𝙀𝘼𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂: put an end to the awkward silence and get you in a conversation 👍🏻 𝙀𝙓𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙇𝙀: "A smile and a ‘Bonjour’ was usually sufficient to break the ice in any conversation."