weather for ducks
- idiom
- UK
:
tiempo de patos
- Bring an umbrella—it's weather for ducks this afternoon!
Examples
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It's been raining all day—definitely weather for ducks out there.
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Looking out the window, she sighed at the weather for ducks before her morning commute.
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It's weather for ducks today!
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This is definitely weather for ducks.
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You might want to stay inside; it's weather for ducks outside with all this rain.
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The forecast predicts weather for ducks all weekend, so don't forget your raincoat.
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My shoes got soaked during this weather for ducks that seems to never end.
Synonyms
A joking phrase for weather so rainy that only ducks enjoy it
Very wet weather that only ducks like
Very wet, rainy weather that ducks like
How Rainy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines literal meanings: 'weather' + 'for ducks' = weather suitable for ducks, and because ducks are associated with wet/rainy conditions, a learner can infer it means very rainy. This compositional, humorous extension is predictable from the constituents and follows a straightforward recipient/purpose pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the words should understand it.
Etymology
Weather for ducks comes from the simple image of ducks enjoying heavy rain, because ducks love water and seem happy when it pours. So the phrase means 'very rainy' or that 'only ducks would enjoy it'.