# talk about the weather

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/talk-about-the-weather
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To chit-chat; to shoot the breeze.

## Examples

- We just talk about the weather when we meet in the hall.
- I did not know what to say to my new neighbor, so we spent ten minutes talking about the weather.
- Rather than addressing the tension in the room, the colleagues chose to talk about the weather until the meeting finally began.

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