stormy weather
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[edit]Noun
[edit]- (idiomatic, uncountable) Used to describe a period of troubles and difficulties, especially in terms of relationships.
- Antonyms: plain sailing, smooth sailing
- 1913 October 3, The Westralian Worker, Perth, page 7, column 3:
- But so far the unbounded effrontery of Joseph has pulled him through. However, he has now struck stormy weather, and is likely to have a short and tempestuous passage as Prime Minister.
- 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XIV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 149:
- "Never dreamed you two had struck stormy weather, though - what's the trouble?"
- 1939 July 29, The Argus, Melbourne, page 16, column 3:
- For if you cannot laugh together, / Look out! You're in for stormy weather.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: stormy weather.