Rainy Day

Definition: Rainy Day

Rainy Day

Noun

1. A (future) time of financial need; "I am saving for a rainy day".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Literature

Slang in 1811

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Adversity

Pressure of the times, iron age, evil day, time out of joint; hard times, bad times, sad times; rainy day, cloud, dark cloud, gathering clouds, ill wind; visitation, infliction; affliction; (painfulness); bitter pill; care, trial; the sport of fortune.

Economy

Save money, invest money; put out to interest; provide for a rainy day, save for a rainy day, provide against a rainy day, save against a rainy day; feather one's nest; look after the main chance.

Preparation

Guard against, make sure against; forearm, make sure, prepare for the evil day, have a rod in pickle, provide against a rainy day, feather one's nest; lay in provisions; make investments; keep on foot.

Provision

Have in store, have in reserve; keep, keep by one, keep on foot, keep on hand; have to fall back upon; store; provide against a rainy day; (economy).

Crosswords: Rainy Day

I've been saving a bottle of wine for a rainy day. (Kronos; writing credit: Brian Clemens)

I'm beginning to think I can cure a rainy day. (Star Trek; writing credit: Walter Black; William Hamilton)

If some rainy day you're all alone (Www.memory; performing artist: Alan Jackson)

Why save your kisses for a rainy day (Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad; performing artist: Def Leppard)

That is I'd like to save you for a rainy day, (Do Ya; performing artist: Electric Light Orchestra)

Make my rainy day, 'cause they are (Material Girl; performing artist: Madonna)

Keep it for a rainy day (SAVE A CORNER OF YOUR HEART; performing artist: Poco)

Rainy Day Woman (1970)

A Rainy Day (1944)

Bungles' Rainy Day (1916)

The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth: Rainy Day Adventure (1995)

Rainy Day Women (1984)

RAINY DAY BELLS (performing artist: Globetrotters )

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Books

• Rainy Day Kisses/the Bride Price (Collector's Edition 2 in 1) (reference)

• Cobalt on a Rainy Day (reference)

• Rainy Day Grump (reference)

• Rainy Day Grump, The [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

• Blue's Best Rainy Day (Blue's Clues (8X8 Paperbacks), 3) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Drizzle and the Rainy Day (reference)

• Joanie Bartels - Simply Magic, Episode 1: The Rainy Day Adventure (reference)

• Little Bear - Rainy Day Tales (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• For a Rainy Day (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Little Bear Rainy Day Activities (Jewel Case) (reference)

• PBS Kids Cailou Rainy Day Adventures (reference)

• Little Bear Rainy Day (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Rainy Day Wine Glasses (Set of 2) (reference)

• Stockholm and Rainy Day Barware (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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A rainy day at Gig Harbor. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Happy fishermen displaying their catch after a cold and rainy day off Gloucester . Aboard the headboat YANKEE PATRIOT out of Gloucester. Credit: Fisheries.

Scott's Emulsion Calendar. : "The Rainy Day" / Lithographed By Knapp & Co., New York. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

It's a good way to save for a rainy day -- and if it's not safe, nothing is. Credit: Library of Congress.

Tut-tut, my dear! I'm saving it for a rainy day!. Credit: Library of Congress.

A rainy day. Credit: Library of Congress.

A rainy day on picket. Credit: Library of Congress.

Houston, Texas. A rainy day. Credit: Library of Congress.

Rainy day, Indianapolis, Indiana. Credit: Library of Congress.

Post office and general store in Brooklyn, Connecticut, on a rainy day. Credit: Library of Congress.

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But, one idle and rainy day, it was my fortune to make a discovery of some little interest.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "rainy day": keep for a rainy day ♦ provide against a rainy day ♦ save against a rainy day ♦ save up for a rainy day. Additional references.

Finnish

vastaisen varalle (for a rainy day, for the future), tulevien päivien varalta (for a rainy day), pahan päivän varalle (against a rainy day). (various references)

German

Regentag. (various references)

Hebrew 

לשמור למשמרת (keep for a rainy day, lay by, reserve for the future). (various references)

Manx

ry-hoi laa fliaghee (provided for a rainy day), laa fliaghagh (a rainy day). (various references)

Pig Latin

ainyray ayday

Portuguese

tempo de privações, dia de azar (blackmonday), dia chuvoso. (various references)

Romanian

zi ploioasã (a wet day). (various references)

Russian 

на черный день (for a rainy day). (various references)

Spanish

día lluvioso. (various references)

Turkish

kara gün için para biriktirmek (save up for a rainy day). (various references)

Ukrainian

приберігати на чорний день (save against a rainy day). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: radian.

-3 letters: dairy, diary, dinar, drain, nadir, naiad, naira, rainy, randy, ranid, yaird.

-4 letters: airn, airy, aria, arid, ayin, darn, dray, nada, nard, nary, raia, raid, rain, rand, rani, raya, rind, rynd, yard, yarn, yird.

-5 letters: aid, ain, air, ana, and, ani, any, day, din, dry, nay, rad, ran, ray, ria, rid, rin, rya.