weather the storm
to make it through a difficult experience
TRANSLATION
weather the storm = eine Sache durchziehen, überstehen oder überwinden --- GOOGLE INDEX weather the storm: approximately 450,000 hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Goldman Sachs was by no means immune from the turmoil in the global markets but has WEATHERED THE STORM much better than its rivals…
(The Guardian)
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"If you want to see the sun shine, you have to WEATHER THE STORM."
- old proverb
(The Guardian)
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"If you want to see the sun shine, you have to WEATHER THE STORM."
- old proverb
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weather the storm
idiom
- successfully deal with a difficult problem
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Probably a marine idiom describing how a sailing ship needed to ride out a storm before continuing its passage.
The weather is one of the most popular "ice-breakers" to get a conversation started. Whether/weather on the train, at the office, in the supermarket checkout line or in the backyard talking over the fence with a neighbour, weather discussions can be heard everywhere.
It's not surprising then that apart from "weather the storm", weather is used in several other idioms:
to be under the weather - to feel ill
brass monkey weather - very cold weather
a fair-weather friend - someone who is only your friend when you are happy and successful
make heavy weather of something - to take a longer time than necessary to do something
Perhaps because most of us are very mobile these days, we tend to think a lot about how the weather will impact us as we make our way to work or to our numerous daily appointments. But as motivational speaker Michael Pritchard points out, the weather still affects us even when we stop being so mobile:
"No matter how rich you become, how famous or powerful, when you die the size of your funeral will still pretty much depend on the weather."
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"This is a serious financial crisis, but the economy has weathered such storms before."
idiom
- successfully deal with a difficult problem
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Probably a marine idiom describing how a sailing ship needed to ride out a storm before continuing its passage.
The weather is one of the most popular "ice-breakers" to get a conversation started. Whether/weather on the train, at the office, in the supermarket checkout line or in the backyard talking over the fence with a neighbour, weather discussions can be heard everywhere.
It's not surprising then that apart from "weather the storm", weather is used in several other idioms:
to be under the weather - to feel ill
brass monkey weather - very cold weather
a fair-weather friend - someone who is only your friend when you are happy and successful
make heavy weather of something - to take a longer time than necessary to do something
Perhaps because most of us are very mobile these days, we tend to think a lot about how the weather will impact us as we make our way to work or to our numerous daily appointments. But as motivational speaker Michael Pritchard points out, the weather still affects us even when we stop being so mobile:
"No matter how rich you become, how famous or powerful, when you die the size of your funeral will still pretty much depend on the weather."
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"This is a serious financial crisis, but the economy has weathered such storms before."
