EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT  IV 

Answer each clue with an expression containing a word related to weather. 

1. Postpone indefinitely 

2. Very drunk or intoxicated 

3. Get much bigger very quickly

4. Perky, cheerful, positive person 

5. Abandoned, deserted in time of need 

6. Happen by surprise, without warning 

7. Loud fights, strong anger, deep passion

8. Misfortunes arriving one after the other   

9. Film effect that stops the action to make a single, static shot 

10. Peaceful period preceding what one knows will be a violent time

Answers:

1. Put on ice

2. Three sheets to the wind

3. Snowball

4. Sunbeam

5. Left high and dry

6. Like a bolt from the blue

7. Stormy relationship

8. When it rains, it pours.

9. Freeze-frame

10. Calm before the storm 

EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT  III

Answer each clue with an expression containing a word related to weather.

1. Seize violently

2. Glimmer of hope 

3. Extremely parched 

4. " This is easy/simple"

5. One who attracts hostile attention 

6. Be financially prudent about the future

7. Pursuing unrealistic or impossible goals 

8. Small, visible part of a much bigger problem 

9. Act recklessly, without regard for consequences 

10. Companion who abandons you when things get rough 

Answers:

1. Take by storm

2. Ray of sunshine

3. Dry as a bone

4. "This is a breeze."

5. Lightning rod

6. Save for a rainy day

7. Chasing rainbows

8. Tip of the iceberg

9. Throw caution to the wind

10. Fair-weather friend  

 

EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT  II

Answer each clue with a phrase containing a word related to weather.

Ex. Decline or postpone to a later date

Ans. Take a rain check  

 

1. Daydreaming, distracted, unrealistic

 

2. Not feeling well

 

3. Completely unexpected

 

4. Hear about something

 

5. Start a conversation

 

6. Endure a difficult period

 

7. Develop a liking for someone  

 

8. Lack of work, progress, romance, etc. 

 

9. Do something risky, pushing the limits of safety and the law 

 

10. Upstage someone by saying or doing what they were about to say or do

 

11. Recovered from an illness, completely healthy, in perfect working order 

 

 Answers: 

 

1. Head in the clouds

2. Under the weather

3. Out of the blue

4. Get wind of

5. Break the ice

6. Weather a storm

7. Take a shine to

8. Dry spell

9. Sail close to the wind

10. Steal someone's thunder  

11. Right as rain 

EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT  I

Answer each clue with a phrase containing a word related to weather.

Ex. Very happy

Ans. On cloud nine

 

1. Something good can come from a bad situation

 

2. Have a casual, friendly, but not serious conversation

 

3. An exaggerated problem - a big fuss over something small 

 

4. A brief moment of peace and calm before a busy or difficult period arrives

 

5. Confused, mixed-up

 

6. Sudden idea

 

7. On earth - where there's nothing new

 

8. Postpone or decline until a later date 

 

9. Extremely busy with work or other obligations 

 

10. Something will happen regardless of any other factors  

 

Answers:

 

1. Every cloud has a silver lining.

2. Shoot the breeze

3. Tempest in a teapot

4. Calm before the storm

5. In a fog

6. Brainstorm or Bolt from the blue

7. Under the sun

8. Take a rain check

9. Snowed under

10. Come rain or come shine