Idiom
wait till the clouds roll by
Meaning
To await more favourable circumstances.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Things are difficult now, so let's wait till the clouds roll by.”
“The market is too unstable for new investments, so we should wait till the clouds roll by before making any big moves.”
“Rather than reacting impulsively to the current crisis, the wise leader chose to wait till the clouds roll by, trusting that stability would eventually return.”
Examples
simple
“Things are difficult now, so let's wait till the clouds roll by.”
contextual
“The market is too unstable for new investments, so we should wait till the clouds roll by before making any big moves.”
complex
“Rather than reacting impulsively to the current crisis, the wise leader chose to wait till the clouds roll by, trusting that stability would eventually return.”
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