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With everyone waiting impatiently for the monsoon, this is a good time to talk about rain and clouds. Be as right as rain: to feel well. I shall be as right as rain if I take a vacation. Come rain or shine: do something no matter what happens. I make it a point to go to the gym every day, come rain or shine. Chase rainbows: waste your time trying to get or achieve something impossible. I am keen to pursue a career in playback singing, but my parents think that I am just chasing rainbows. It’s raining cats and dogs: it’s raining very heavily. It was raining cats and dogs when I left office and by the time I reached home, I was completely drenched. Take a rain check: you cannot accept someone’s invitation to do something but you would like to do it another time. I have to reach home early today, but I’ll take a rain check on the movie we had planned to see. It never rains but it pours: when something bad happens, many other bad things also happen, making the situation even worse. As it was, I was late for the exam and then the car broke down. Like they say, it never rains but it pours. Save (something) for a rainy day: keep some money for a time in the future when it might be needed. I am cautious with my money and make it a point to save for a rainy day. On cloud nine: very happy. Ever since I found out that I have topped in my class, I have been on cloud nine. A cloud hangs over something/someone: believe something bad about something or someone and not like or trust them because of it. A cloud still hangs over the chief minister despite his denials that he was guilty of financial wrongdoings. A cloud on the horizon: a problem or difficulty which you expect in the future. The economy is doing fine and the only cloud on the horizon is the possibility of a bad monsoon. Have your head in the clouds: not know what is really happening around you because you are paying too much attention to your own ideas. Ever since she has got a boyfriend, she has been walking around with her head in the clouds. (Reference: Cambridge
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