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]
See also: rainy

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Amaya-Basque, Spanish
Zinon-Greek
Alberte (1)al-BER-teGalician
Thanos-Greek
AnselmAHN-zelm (German), AN-selm (English)German, English (Rare), Ancient Germanic
Ulloriaq-Native American, Greenlandic