Read the following conversation and pay attention to the idioms in orange:
Hank: Surprise, Jenny! I heard about you being bedridden. I came to cheer you up.
Jenny: Wow, thanks for coming by. You’ve totally brightened up my day!
Hank: Oh, I almost forgot. I also brought you a pint of your favourite ice cream!
People, especially English people, love talking about the weather and there are lots of weather related idioms.
Have you come across any of these idioms before?
Read through the meanings of the idioms and then check your understanding by choosing the correct idiom for each sentence below.
Let us know how you do!
As right as rain - Feeling fine and healthy.
Read this short story about the British weather.
(noun)An extreme weather condition with very strong wind, heavy rain and often thunder and lightning.
You probably heard the word storm used to describe weather, like in the definition above. Did you know that storm is also used to describe strong emotions? For example:
