I am under the weather
I am feeling not well
TRANSLATION
to be a bit under the weather = angeschlagen sein; nicht recht auf dem Posten sein; nicht ganz in Form sein
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Ageing population leaves National Health Service spending UNDER THE WEATHER.
Gemma Tetlow, Economics Correspondent
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But it is the news that Hewitt is UNDER THE WEATHER Hewitt, world number one, withdrew from the Hertogenbosch grasscourt tournament in the Netherlands on Friday suffering from a stomach virus.
The Daily Times
Gemma Tetlow, Economics Correspondent
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But it is the news that Hewitt is UNDER THE WEATHER Hewitt, world number one, withdrew from the Hertogenbosch grasscourt tournament in the Netherlands on Friday suffering from a stomach virus.
The Daily Times
Did you
know?
under the weather (idiom)
slightly unwell or in low spirits.
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ORIGIN
This phrase meaning ill dates to 1827 and, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is an Americanism. The phrase probably derives from the idea that the weather can affect your mood and health.
Other sources claim that it is a clipped form of the nautical phrase under the weather bow, a reference to the side of the ship's bow that is taking the force of rough seas, and is a reference to seasickness.
Or that it refers to a British/Australian nautical use of the phrase to mean drunk.
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SYNONYMS
ailing, barfy, below par, bummy, down, down with, feeling awful, feeling rotten, feeling terrible, green, indisposed, ill, infirm, laid low, laid up, off-color, poorly, pukey, queasy, ratty, rotten, run down, running temperature, seedy, sick, unhealthy, unwell, woozy
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
recite this little poem:
Whether the weather be fine
Or whether the weather be not
Whether the weather be cold
Or whether the weather be hot
We'll weather the weather
Whatever the weather
Whether we like it or not!
slightly unwell or in low spirits.
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ORIGIN
This phrase meaning ill dates to 1827 and, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is an Americanism. The phrase probably derives from the idea that the weather can affect your mood and health.
Other sources claim that it is a clipped form of the nautical phrase under the weather bow, a reference to the side of the ship's bow that is taking the force of rough seas, and is a reference to seasickness.
Or that it refers to a British/Australian nautical use of the phrase to mean drunk.
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SYNONYMS
ailing, barfy, below par, bummy, down, down with, feeling awful, feeling rotten, feeling terrible, green, indisposed, ill, infirm, laid low, laid up, off-color, poorly, pukey, queasy, ratty, rotten, run down, running temperature, seedy, sick, unhealthy, unwell, woozy
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
recite this little poem:
Whether the weather be fine
Or whether the weather be not
Whether the weather be cold
Or whether the weather be hot
We'll weather the weather
Whatever the weather
Whether we like it or not!
