Tag
#weather
8 words tagged “weather”
dreich
adjective
Grey, damp, miserable — the default Scottish weather forecast.
baltic
adjective
Freezing cold.
it's brick
phrase
It is bitterly, painfully cold outside.
nesh
adjective
Soft — especially someone who feels the cold easily.
a soft day
phrase
Mild, overcast, drizzly — Ireland's default weather, dressed up as a compliment.
cracking the flags
phrase
Boiling hot weather — sun so fierce the pavement's splitting.
lashing
verb (present participle)
Rain coming down hard enough to ruin your day and your shoes.
the sun is splitting the stones
phrase
It's so hot the rocks are cracking — Irish for a proper scorcher.