A Sunday driver!
Here are some expressions that use words related to your favourite time of the week...the weekend!
this expression can be used to describe rainy weather on the weekend, but here we use it to describe a person who we think is boring and not fun:
'I don't like him. He's as much fun as a wet weekend!'
This expression decribes not working on the weekend, and also, having an extra day off on Friday or Sunday - probably because of a national holiday. At least three days off including Saturday and Sunday:
'I feel refreshed after my long weekend. I love having three days off!'
This expression is usually refers to a couple going away somewhere for the weekend to have sex. It is often used to describe a secret relationship where the couple are possibly married, but not to each other (an affair):
'The boss was caught having a dirty weekend with his secretary! His wife is going to divorce him.'
This slang phrase is becoming a little old fashioned these days. A Saturday night special is a cheap and small gun. The name first appeared in the New York Times back in the '60s.
'The robber was caught by the police carrying a Saturday night special.'
Your Sunday best are your smartest or 'best' clothes. If you were going to a formal party you would wear your Sunday best. Traditionally people would dress in smart clothes on a Sunday when they went to church:
'Joanna looked lovely all dressed up in her Sunday best'.
A Sunday driver is someone who drives very slowly. The description has a negative meaning. We use it to desribe a driver who makes other drivers angry because of their slow driving. Sunday drivers go for a drive on Sunday just for something to do. They are not in a hurry and are not going anywhere special:
'DRIVE! COME ON! COME ON! I'M IN A HURRY! MOVE OUT OF MY WAY! I HATE SUNDAY DRIVERS!'
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