Weather Language 天气成语

A British Obsession 英国人迷恋的话题

British people are famous for always talking about the weather, but the weather also affects the way we speak and the phrases we use.

As more winter weather batters the UK, this week’s Take Away demonstrates how the British obsession with weather has influenced our language.

The return of snowstorms to the UK proves that when it comes to bad weather

it never rains but it pours

.

The police have warned that unnecessary road travel is not recommended but some motorists have

thrown caution to the wind

and made their journeys anyway, claiming that it’s all

a storm in teacup

.

Those whose cars are stuck in the snow may consider themselves to be

twisting in the wind

.

There are problems too for local councils who are running out of sand and grit for the roads, having not saved enough supplies for a

rainy day

.

However it’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good and breakdown services will be seeing an increase in business at this time of year.

And

every cloud has a silver lining

for plumbers too as the cold weather brings burst and frozen pipes in homes and businesses.

What has become apparent from the

cold snap

is that seasonal weather forecasting is not a precise science.