rainy day
/ˌreɪnɪ ˈdeɪ/noun
1A day characterized or dominated by rainfall; (Meteorology ) = rain day.
2 Figurative. A possible future time of hardship or relative poverty. Frequently in for (also against) a rainy day.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in John Trevisa (c1342–?1402), translator. From rainy + day.
- fish hook
- fishily
- fishiness
- fishing
- fishing boat
- fishing cat
- fishing expedition
- fishing fly
- fishing ground
- fishing industry
- fishing line
- fishing net
- fishing pole
- fishing reel
- fishing rod
- fishing tackle
- fishing village
- fish kettle
- fish knife
- fish ladder
- fishlike
- fish louse
- fish market
- fishmeal
- fishmonger