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Weather Idioms for an Impressive Communication

We LOVE to talk about the weather. Whether it is expressing delight at a bright sunny day, or relief at a torrential rainshower after a heat wave, or complaining about excessive rain, or the lack of it, weather has since time immemorial been a topic that has unfailingly been a conversation starter or a conversation filler. In this blog, we look at some classic English idioms that are based on weather phenomena. So, let’s break the ice!

1. Break the ice

To break the ice means to overcome the initial awkwardness of talking to or interacting with a new person. Once the ‘ice has been broken’, talking to them becomes much easier.

2. Under the weather

If you are feeling under the weather, it means you are not feeling too well. This idiom is very commonly used even in small talk to say that someone hasn’t been feeling well lately, for example.

3. Raining cats and dogs

When it rains cats and dogs, it means it’s raining really heavily. This is a hugely popular idiom, so when someone tells you it’s raining cats and dogs, don’t forget to take an umbrella with you!

4. Head in the clouds

All too often, people tend to daydream and have aspirations and ambitions that are not too realistic. In such instances, we say that they have their head in the clouds.

5. Chasing a rainbow

When someone is pursuing a goal that is impossible, unrealistic or unattainable, they are said to be chasing a rainbow. This comes from the fact that rainbows disappear as you try to get closer to them.

6. Throw caution to the wind

When someone makes a decision that seems reckless, unthought out or just plain risky, without consideration of possible consequences, they are said to throw caution to the wind.

7. Make hay while the sun shines

To take full advantage of an available opportunity is what this popular idiom is used to explain. When someone makes full use of favourable conditions, making the most of a good situation, they are said to make hay while the sun shines.

8. Fair weather friend

Fair weather, as we know, is pleasant weather that is neither too hot nor too cold. A fair weather friend, therefore, is a person whose friendship cannot be depended upon. They are only by your side when the times are good, but are nowhere to be seen in times of difficulty.

9. It’s a breeze

An activity that is managed to be accomplished with great ease is referred to as a breeze. That supposedly difficult test you managed to score highly without any trouble? It was a breeze!

10. Get wind of something

When someone finds out about a secret or a rumour, or something that is planned to be revealed in the future, they are said to get (or catch) wind of it.

11. On cloud nine

When someone is on cloud nine, it means they are extremely happy about something. For example, your friend could be on cloud nine after winning the lottery.

12. Storm in a teacup

When a minor issue gets blown way out of proportion, exaggerated way beyond necessary, it is referred to as a storm in a teacup. An incident where a person gets upset or angry over something insignificant is an example of a storm in a teacup.

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