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Weather Expression & Idioms

under the weather

Meaning: If you are under the weather, you're not feeling well.

raining cats and dogs

Meaning: You can say "it's raining cats and dogs" if it's raining very hard.

to weather a storm

Meaning: If you weather a storm, you survive a dangerous event or deal with a difficult situation.

a fair-weather friend

Meaning: A fair-weather friend is a person who will only be your friend when things are going well for you.

be on cloud nine

Meaning: If you are on cloud nine, you are very happy because something wonderful has happened.

under a cloud

Meaning: If you are under a cloud, you are suspected of having done something wrong.

every cloud has a silver lining

Meaning: You can say "every cloud has a silver lining" if you think that difficult times always lead to better days.

head in the clouds

Meaning: If you have your head in the clouds, you have very unrealistic high ambitions.

calm before the storm

Meaning: You can say "calm before the storm" if you know things are going to be busy/difficult after a period of quietness.

it never rains but it pours

Meaning: You can say "it never rains but it pours" when things go wrong and they go very wrong.

snowed under

Meaning: If you are snowed under you have so much to do that you're having trouble doing it all.

hot under the collar

Meaning: If you get hot under the collar, you are angry about something unimportant.

to be in hot water

Meaning: If you are in hot water, you are in deep trouble.

to have the hots for someone

Meaning: If you have the hots for someone, you are attracted to that person in a romantic way.

red hot

Meaning: If you are given something which is red hot, it is very hot.

strike while the iron is hot

Meaning: If you strike while the iron is hot, you take action very quickly when an opportunity arises.

hot off the press

Meaning: Something is hot off the press if it is a piece of very new story.

to sell like hot cakes

Meaning: If you are selling something like hot cakes, you are selling that thing very quickly.

full of hot air

Meaning: If you are full of hot air, you often talk nonsense.

cold hearted

Meaning: If you are cold hearted, you are unemotional and do not consider other's emotion.

to get cold feet

Meaning: If you get cold feet, you suddenly become nervous and do not want to do something.

cool headed

Meaning: If you are cool headed, you are able to stay calm in difficult situations.

cold as ice

Meaning: If you are cold as ice, you are feeling very cold.

cold turkey

Meaning: If you go cold turkey, you stop doing something suddenly instead of ending it gradually in order to break a habit.

in cold blood

Meaning: If you do something in cold blood, you do it without emotion.

out cold

Meaning: If you are out cold, you are completely unconscious.

a cold snap

Meaning: If there is a cold snap, it is an unexpected period of particularly cold weather.

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