to make the weather
- idiom
:
marcar el tono
- His inspiring speech really made the weather at the conference.
Examples
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She can make the weather in our team meetings.
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Some leaders naturally make the weather for their whole department.
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As the editor-in-chief, she can make the weather in the newsroom.
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Don't underestimate how he can make the weather at work!
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As the team leader, she always knows how to make the weather and keep everyone's spirits high.
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The coach's energy can truly make the weather during the game, influencing how the players perform.
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At the party, his jokes and laughter helped to make the weather and set a joyful tone for everyone.
Synonyms
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4.1
Create a mood at the start of an event
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3.7
To make a place feel a certain way with lights, music, or decorations
To create a mood in a place with light, music, or decorations
How Influential
Surface Forms
Morphology
make + the + weather
The meaning is a metaphorical extension: 'make' (to cause) combined with 'weather' (here used to mean atmosphere or mood) yields 'cause or strongly influence the group's atmosphere'. Because understanding requires mapping 'weather' from its literal meteorological sense to a figurative 'atmosphere/mood' sense — a step not guaranteed for a B1 learner — the expression is partially predictable but not fully transparent.
Etymology
Make the weather may come from the image of a person who can make the weather, as if they could change the day for everyone and so change how people feel and act. So, to make the weather now means 'to have a strong influence on a group's mood or direction'.