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Idiom

how's the weather

Meaning

Indicating a change of subject to unimportant topics.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“He changed the subject to how's the weather when I asked about money.”

“When the interview turned to his past mistakes, he quickly shifted to how's the weather to avoid answering.”

“Rather than addressing the uncomfortable truth of the situation, the politician resorted to how's the weather, effectively silencing any further meaningful inquiry.”

Examples

simple

“He changed the subject to how's the weather when I asked about money.”

contextual

“When the interview turned to his past mistakes, he quickly shifted to how's the weather to avoid answering.”

complex

“Rather than addressing the uncomfortable truth of the situation, the politician resorted to how's the weather, effectively silencing any further meaningful inquiry.”

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