Meaning Of Under The Weather In English - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of under the weather in English

under the weather

idiom   informal Add to word list Add to word list C2 If someone is or feels under the weather, they feel ill: I'm feeling a bit under the weather - I think I'm getting a cold. Being & falling ill

• acquire
• be a martyr to something idiom
• be green around the gills idiom
• be hanging idiom
• be out of sorts idiom
• bring
• contract
• critical
• declension
• develop
• knock someone for a loop idiom
• lay someone low idiom
• lay someone up phrasal verb
• martyr
• not a hundred percent idiom
• predisposed
• serious
• shivery
• sicken
• upset

See more results » (Definition of under the weather from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

under the weather | American Dictionary

under the weather

idiom Add to word list Add to word list not completely well: I noticed that the cat was looking a little under the weather. (Definition of under the weather from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of under the weather

under the weather There is no doubt that at the present time they are under the weather and are finding the strain considerable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a diagnostic test of one day's performance whether the child is feeling ill or fit, bright or under the weather. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that he is a bit under the weather at the moment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was "under the weather" as one might put it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The advertisement in yesterday's newspapers suggested that we would be better off under the weather. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of them have kept on working while "under the weather" themselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Spectacles come into the same category as chiropody, which unfortunately is very much under the weather when it comes to the allocation of resources. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was going to say that they might feel under the weather, but that would take us back to the pregnancy tester. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Where part of humanity is in distress, the whole is under the weather. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nationalisation, as we all know, has been rather under the weather lately. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even where doctors fully brief their patients, it is difficult for people under stress and under the weather to recall even a fraction of what they have been told. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Minnie is now apparently under the weather. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Bad weather and feeling under the weather won't deter them from the prize. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Translations of under the weather

in Chinese (Traditional) 生病, 覺得不舒服… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 生病, 觉得不舒服… See more in Spanish estar pachucho, estar mal/indispuesto… See more in Portuguese indisposto, mal de saúde… See more in Marathi in French in Turkish in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish बरं नसणे… See more ne pas se sentir en forme… See more keyifsiz, rahatsız… See more niet lekker… See more யாராவது வானிலையின் கீழ் இருந்தால் அல்லது உணர்ந்தால், அவர்கள் நோய்வாய்ப்பட்டால்.… See more अस्वस्थ महसूस करना… See more અસ્વસ્થ, બીમાર… See more sløj… See more vissen, krasslig… See more rasa tidak sihat… See more nicht in Form… See more uopplagt, i dårlig form… See more (صحت پر) موسم کا اثر پڑنا… See more той, що нездужає… See more ఎవరైనా అంత ఉత్సాహకరంగా లేనట్టు అనుభూతి చెందితే, వాళ్ళు అనారోగ్యంగా ఉన్నట్టు భావిస్తారు.… See more শরীর ভাল না লাগা, অসুস্থ বোধ করা… See more nebýt ve své kůži, necítit se dobře… See more kurang sehat, sakit… See more ป่วย… See more sức khỏe yếu… See more w kiepskiej formie… See more Need a translator?

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