IDIOMS ABOUT WEATHER

CALM BEFORE THE STORM

• A calm time immediately before period of violent activity or argument is the calm before the storm.

Example: Early November is usually the calm before the storm when it comes to

Christmas shopping. By November 15 the stores are pretty busy.

STORM IN A TEACUP

• If someone exaggerates a problem or makes a small problem seem far greater than it really is, then they are making a storm in a teacup

Example: The fight that Sumatra and Rosie had wasn't anything serious,

just a storm in a teacup

HEAD IS IN THE CLOUDS

• a person who has his/her head in the clouds, they have unrealistic, impractical ideas

Example: John's head is in the clouds again. He's talking about winning the

lottery.

IT'S RAINING CATS AND DOGS

• You can say "it's raining cats and dogs" if it's raining very hard.

Example: We can't go now because it's raining cats and dogs

QUICK AS A FLASH / QUICK AS A WINK / QUICK AS LIGHTNING

• If you're as quick as a flash, or quick as a wink, or quick as lightning, you're very quick.

Example: Dougie knew the answer and, quick as a flash, he put up his

hand

IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS

• this means that when one bad thing happens, other bad things will inevitably happen at the same time.

Example: Sometimes we have no customers for two or three hours,

then suddenly we get 20 people all at once." Reply: "It never rains, but

it pours