Look outside, the old woman is plucking her goose.
the old woman is plucking her goose
idiomIt is snowing.
Origin
disputed originMetaphoric, likening the snowflakes to white feathers.
The children cheered when they saw the first flakes, saying the old woman is plucking her goose.
As the sky turned a heavy grey and the first soft flakes descended, the villagers remarked that the old woman is plucking her goose.
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a wild goose never laid a tame egg
Most things are inherited and predetermined.
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any old nook or cranny
Alternative form of any nook or cranny.
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bad old days
The past, seen as a time when things were worse.
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big old
Emphatically or impressively big; really big.
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chip off the old block
Someone who takes after one of their parents; (generally) a person similar to another.
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come the old soldier
Often followed by with: to deceive, impose upon, or take advantage of someone, as if exploiting one's superior age or experience.
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comfort woman
A woman forced, or supposedly recruited, into brothels by the Japanese occupation forces before or during World War II.
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cook someone's goose
To spoil one's plans or hope of success.