Discussion: [descr.] météo/weather

[panjandrum]

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I am not at all sure if this is acceptable here, but a VERY common expression in English, relating to weather, and in particular cold weather is:
It would freeze the balls off a brass monkey.
...meaning that it is very cold indeed.


This is so common that people (I mean men of course) will talk about
Brass monkey weather,
meaning very cold weather:
or,
"It's a bit brass monkey this morning,"
meaning it is rather frosty.

I have no idea where this comes from.


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[Kelly B]

- This weather/night is not fit for man nor beast. I would not even send my dog out there!

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[superromu]

ce n'est pas un temps à mettre un chien dehors !
il fait tellement moche dehors que même les chiens ne sortent pas

(météo ou animaux ?)


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[Benjy]

I am not at all sure if this is acceptable here, but a VERY common expression in English, relating to weather, and in particular cold weather is:
It would freeze the balls off a brass monkey.
...meaning that it is very cold indeed.


This is so common that people (I mean men of course) will talk about
Brass monkey weather,
meaning very cold weather:
or,
"It's a bit brass monkey this morning,"
meaning it is rather frosty.

I have no idea where this comes from.

so on se les gele/on se les caille? 'ca convient ou pas?

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[LV4-26]

so on se les gele/on se les caille? 'ca convient ou pas?

Je dirais oui. Au prix d'une petite adaptation (passage du singe à l'être humain ).

Histoire de se réchauffer un brin :

- j'étouffe/on étouffe
il fait très chaud (on a du mal à respirer).

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[Brioche]

I am not at all sure if this is acceptable here, but a VERY common expression in English, relating to weather, and in particular cold weather is:
It would freeze the balls off a brass monkey.
...meaning that it is very cold indeed.


This is so common that people (I mean men of course) will talk about
Brass monkey weather,
meaning very cold weather:
or,
"It's a bit brass monkey this morning,"
meaning it is rather frosty.

I have no idea where this comes from.


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Well, here's suggestion from someone who thinks he knows: http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-bra1.htm

 

[panjandrum]

~~~WOW~~~
Fascinating stuff - so there's no real answers but some great ideas.
When you have got to 30 posts you will be able to post links easily

 

[GenJen54]

The French certainly have some very colorful weather expressions, especially about cows!

The only one I can think of top of mind is:

- It's a scorcher, or - It's a barnburner.

Both are used to describe the intensity of heat we get in my part of the country (mid-South US) where the temperatures in July and/or August often get above 100 degrees farenheit. (37+ in celsius)

It's raining buckets.
This describes an immense, sudden downpour of rain.

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[foxfirebrand]

We Americans have a variation on the "moins raffinée" version-- "It rained like a cow pissing on a flat rock."

About that pleure/pleut juxtaposition-- I wonder if the saying about cows predates Rimbaud's famous poem.

Nous appellons un orage soudain un "gully-washer."

Il y a en Anglais Américain aussi un "canard" à propos des pluies-- "Nice weather if you're a duck."

Et nous avons les "dog days" d'été-- en août, quand tout le monde s'en va en vacances.

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[Brioche]

"dog days" comes from ancient Rome.

The dog star (Alpha Canis Major) rises with the sun during the "dog days"

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[cyberbourik]

"dog days" comes from ancient Rome.

The dog star (Alpha Canis Major) rises with the sun during the "dog days"

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Dog se dit canis en latin et c'est pour cela qu'en français les "dog days" correspond en français au mot : canicule