Thunder in December foretells fine weather.
Meaning: Winter storms pass quickly, leaving clear skies; turbulence doesn't persist into lasting hardship.
Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.
More proverbs about Communication
- A man may hold his tongue in an ill time. — Silence during conflict or crisis preserves safety and dignity better than speaking in an…
- Confine your tongue, lest it confine you. — Careless speech invites consequences that restrict your freedom far more than silence eve…
- Keep your tongue within your teeth. — Silence prevents harm; unspoken words cannot wound or betray you.
- The tongue's not steel, yet it cuts. — Words inflict wounds as deep as any blade, leaving scars that heal far more slowly.
- The tongue talks at the head's cost. — Reckless speech brings consequences the speaker must bear, not those who merely listen.
- Who has not a good tongue, ought to have good hands. — Lacking eloquence in speech, one must compensate through skilled physical labor or useful…
From our idioms
- not worth a red cent — Worthless.
- not worth the paper it's printed on — Worthless.
- odd man out — The person who is left out; the person who doesn't fit in.