weer om geen hond door te sturen

Dutch

Alternative forms

• weer om geen hond door te jagen

Etymology

A loose calque of French temps à ne pas mettre un chien dehors. Literally, “weather through which not to send any dog”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋeːr ɔm ɣeːn ɦɔnt doːr tə styːrə(n)/

Noun

weer om geen hond door te sturen n (uncountable)

1. extremely bad weather

Usage notes

Typically used as a predicate, this phrase generally takes either no article or an indefinite article. Use with a definite article is rather rare.

Related terms

• hondenweer