“I’m just enjoying the calm before the storm as my grandchildren will arrive soon.” The calm before the storm is said when all seems peaceful but perhaps something loud or destructive is about to happen. “I don’t mean to steal your thunder but I did get a better part in the school play.” The calm before the storm This isn’t a very nice thing to do as when you steal someone’s thunder you’re taking away the attention from them, normally for your own personal gain. This also appears on our list of snow and winter idioms. “I have 2 meetings, 100 e-mails and a report due by 5 pm. On the other hand, if you are very, very, very busy, you would use this phrase to emphasize how much you have to do. If it has snowed a lot and perhaps you can’t see your car, you may say that it’s snowed under. This is an example of a weather idiom which can describe a situation caused by the weather, or something unrelated. Let’s take a rain check and we’ll meet next week instead.” Snowed under “I really wanted to come tonight but the babysitter just cancelled. It’s a kind way of cancelling something or perhaps rearranging it. Rain checkĬan’t make an event? Trying to find a polite way of asking to rearrange something? Saying “let’s take a rain check” might just be the phrase you need. We have some more fast idioms and expressions for you to check out on a separate post. In fact, lightning fast! Use this one to exaggerate how fast a reaction or movement is. With so many weather idioms to chose from you’ll have to think fast. Of course, it’s a breeze may also refer literally to a gentle, pleasant wind. “Wow! I studied all night for that exam and it turned out to be a breeze!’ In the context of weather idioms, this phrase describes something that is easy, effortless and trouble-free. “Instead of revising he has his head in the clouds.” It’s a breeze If they aren’t focused on the task, or have unrealistic hopes and aspirations for the future, we could say they have their head in the clouds. You can use this phrase when talking about someone who is daydreaming and not paying attention. Would you believe it, the next day they called her and offered her a better job!” Head in the clouds She was heartbroken but I told her, every cloud has a silver lining. To say that every cloud has a silver lining means there may be a positive outcome although it’s not clear or obvious right now. It’s used to comfort people in a sad or stressful situation. Every cloud has a silver liningĪ lot of these weather idioms are very hopeful and positive, and here is another. It’s a useful idiom to use when making plans for the future. In these examples it may literally refer to the weather, but it can figuratively mean that nothing will stop this from happening (or a bit of both). “I’ll be at the festival, come rain or shine.” “He’s training for a marathon so, come rain or shine, he’s out running every day.” If something happens (or will happen) regardless of the circumstances, you may use the phrase come rain or shine.
“Ever since she passed her driving test she’s been on cloud nine.”
To describe someone as being on cloud nine means they are very happy. Let’s start our idioms about weather with a positive one. Weather idioms to describe everyday situationsįirst we have some weather-related idioms that are actually used to describe different situations.
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