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Handout 4. Idioms with weather

There are some idioms with weather in English. For example:

raining cats and dogs - raining very hard. Wow! Look outside. It's raining cats and dogs.

(to be) full of hot air- a person who talks a lot and says things that aren't completely true. He's always talking about how he is going to find gold in the river. I don't believe him. I think he's full of hot air.

when it rains it pours- nothing happens and then everything happens. Nobody ever visits my house and then 10 people come. When it rains, it pours.

sunny (as an adjective)- happy or pleasant. The new office girl has a very sunny personality.

a breeze- easy. That test was a breeze.

a fair-weathered friend- a person who is only your friend when everything is good.

under the weather- feeling bad. Joan felt under the weather after she failed her history exam.

cloud nine- wonderful place or feeling. After I got my dream job I was on cloud nine.