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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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