🗓️ Idiom: Weather the Storm (v)
💬 Meaning
- To survive a difficult or challenging situation without giving up or being defeated.
- Often used in business or personal contexts to describe enduring hard financial times until conditions improve.
🧠 Example Sentences
- The company managed to weather the storm during the economic recession.
- We had some tough months, but our team weathered the storm and came out stronger.
- He weathered the storm of negative press and eventually rebuilt his reputation.
🏛️ Origin
This idiom comes from nautical language. Ships at sea must “weather the storm” by enduring severe weather without sinking. Over time, the phrase came to representing facing and overcoming adversity in any context.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
The small business had to __________ during the pandemic to stay afloat.
Answer
weather the storm
2. Choose the correct meaning of “weather the storm”:
A) Avoid responsibility
B) Survive a difficult situation
C) Complain about problems
Answer
B) Survive a difficult situation
3. Rewrite the sentence using: Weather the Storm
“She stayed strong through months of financial hardship.”
Answer
She weathered the storm through months of financial hardship.
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Rob is a CELTA qualified English teacher with 15 years of international experience. He has a BSc and PGDip from Loughborough and St Andrews universities in the UK. He has taught in Thailand and Saudi Arabia and now works with professionals worldwide.
