gut Wetter machen

German

Alternative forms

• auf gut Wetter machen
• schön Wetter machen, auf schön Wetter machen

Etymology

Literally, “to make good weather”. The form gut is an endingless neuter adjective as found in other idioms such as fließend Wasser or trocken Brot.

Verb

gut Wetter machen (weak, third-person singular present macht gut Wetter, past tense machte gut Wetter, past participle gut Wetter gemacht, auxiliary haben)

1. (idiomatic, slightly informal) to try to lift spirits, especially by displaying exaggerated harmony or optimism; (with bei also) to curry favour with