# Weather idioms

Idioms drawn from clouds, storms, rain, and sunshine — Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) records several of these as long-standing English metaphors of mood and fortune.

## About this category

Idioms drawn from clouds, storms, rain, and sunshine — Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) records several of these as long-standing English metaphors of mood and fortune. Each entry below gives the plain meaning, an origin note honestly attributed to Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) or marked as uncertain, and a usage example.

## Questions

### Where do the origins for weather idioms come from?

Origins on this page are drawn from public-domain reference works, primarily Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898). Where the origin is disputed or unknown, the entry says so plainly.

### Are these idioms still in modern use?

Most are in everyday English; a few are chiefly literary or old-fashioned, and those are flagged in the usage notes.

## Sources

- [Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) — Internet Archive scan](https://archive.org/details/brewers-dictionary-of-phrase-and-fable)

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