Weather and seasons

[lisamyers]

Phrases to do with the weather and seasons?

[sddsddean]

Ne'er cast a clout, 'til may be out. Clout being a sort of vest and may meaning may blossom in this case, not the month.

[Ewood27]

If the oak (blossom) before the ash, Then we shall have just a splash (i.e. a dry summer), If the ash before the oak, Then we (something, something) soak. Also rooks building their nests high means a fine summer. Building them lower means a windy year.

[boognish76]

In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.

Oh, to be in England in the Summertime.

[flirty41]

Red sky at night, shepherd's delight. Red sky at morning, shepherd's warning. (Something to do with the reflection of the sun on the clouds, and which way the clouds are heading!)

[xyzzyplugh]

Spring forward - fall back (clocks);... One swallow does not a summer make;...It never rains but that it pours;...Now is the winter of our discount tents, (sign in a camping shop window);....Red sky at night, shepherds delight - red sky in the morning, shepherds house is on fire. No rain,no rain,no rain. (Woodstock chant);... Thunder turneth the milk sour;... seagulls far from shore means it will rain more.

[xyzzyplugh]

"Turned out nice again, an't it?" George Formby

[sft42]

It's an ill wind.....Long hot summer.......as the sun sinks slowly into the west.....the winds of change....the winter of discontent.......a snowball's chance in hell.....it never rains but it pours.......raining cats and dogs...to take a raincheck....the rain in spain....any port in a storm....indian summer..i'm sure there are others but that should keep you going for a while.

[FTVS]

"You've got a face like a wet weekend" "the long winter evenings must just fly by"

[Ewood27]

'Rain before seven, Fine before eleven.' No data on that one. It's against my religious principles to be awake before seven. 'Red sky in the morning, Shepherd's warning. Red sky at night, Shepherd's delight.' has a grain of truth. The morning one means the sun rising in a clear sky, but clouds (and weather) building in the West, from whence cometh the prevailing wind. Red sky at night means a weather front moving away, leaving a clear sky. Suposedly, cows lying down means rain on the way (maybe trying to reserve a dry spot).

[Janetx]

Into each life a little rain must fall. The red sky one was originally sailors, not shepherds. I looked it up to be sure and discovered that it is even in the New Testament - must rhyme in Hebrew, too!

[Janetx]

Me again. Yes Einstein, when there is enough blue sky to make sailor's trousers or Dutchman's britches, it means that the weather is clearing.