Timeline for Opposite of "under the weather"?
Current License: CC BY-SA 4.0
7 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2021 at 17:15 | history | edited | mike rodent | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
edited body
|
| Nov 14, 2021 at 15:52 | comment | added | mike rodent | @EdwinAshworth "poorly". Although a softy Southerner for many decades I grew up in Leeds. Reference to comprehensive analyses of corpuses of texts is useful, but the site you referenced doesn't seem to give any geographical or cultural breakdowns when making its assertions, or any proof for that matter. So until further notice ... | |
| Nov 14, 2021 at 15:47 | comment | added | G. Rem laughs at the MonicaC's | Nice catch. Weathering the weather, whatever, as remaining above it. | |
| Nov 14, 2021 at 15:39 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | I'd usually reserve it for the poorly sense too (Oldham; UK). But one has to go with dictionary usage panels; they are less parochial in their surveying of currency than 99+% of individuals are. | |
| Nov 14, 2021 at 15:24 | comment | added | mike rodent | Not sure I agree with that: I think it is very rare that it doesn't mean "ill" in practice. Of course that may be specific to my geographical/cultural context (England, UK). If that is the case, it is important to point that out to the OP who appears not to be a native English-speaker, rather than confirming her/his possibly inaccurate assumptions. | |
| Nov 14, 2021 at 15:16 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | If you check on 'under the weather' (in eg Lexico, Know Your Phrase) you will see that 'slightly unwell or in low spirits' are two subsenses available (though doubtless there's overlap; one can certainly feel unwell and down at the same time). Note that OP only refers to the 'low spirits' subsense. | |
| Nov 14, 2021 at 15:09 | history | answered | mike rodent | CC BY-SA 4.0 |