lovely weather for ducks
- idiom
- UK
:
un tiempo ideal para patos
- She grabbed her umbrella and laughed, 'It's lovely weather for ducks out there!'
Examples
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After hours of rain, my dad declared it was lovely weather for ducks as we looked out the window.
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Whenever it drizzles all day, people jokingly say it's lovely weather for ducks.
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It's lovely weather for ducks today!
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What a lovely weather for ducks kind of day!
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After hours of rain, my dad declared it was lovely weather for ducks as we looked out the window.
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She grabbed her umbrella and laughed, 'It's lovely weather for ducks out there!'
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Whenever it drizzles all day, people jokingly say it's lovely weather for ducks.
Synonyms
Very rainy weather that ducks enjoy
Very wet weather that only ducks like
Very wet, rainy weather that ducks like
Unpleasant wet and cold weather that makes you feel miserable
Antonyms
How Rainy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The literal composition ('lovely' + 'weather' + 'for' + 'ducks') signals weather that would please ducks, so a learner who knows that ducks like water can infer this refers to wet/rainy conditions. However, the phrase relies on ironic/humorous pragmatics and world knowledge (ducks' affinity for rain) rather than a direct compositional sense, so its meaning is only partially predictable for a B1 learner.
Etymology
The saying lovely weather for ducks paints a simple picture: ducks love rain and puddles, so a very wet day looks perfect for them. People use it as a joke when it is raining hard to say the weather is 'only nice for ducks', not for people.