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rainy day, a
rainy day, a
A time of need or trouble, as in We knew a rainy day would come sooner or later. This idiom is often used in the context of save for a rainy day, which means to put something aside for a future time of need. [Late 1500s]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Amaya | | - | Basque, Spanish |
Zinon | | - | Greek |
Alberte (1) | | al-BER-te | Galician |
Thanos | | - | Greek |
Anselm | | AHN-zelm (German), AN-selm (English) | German, English (Rare), Ancient Germanic |
Ulloriaq | | - | Native American, Greenlandic |