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rainy adj [afternoon, climate, place] pluvieux/-ieuse ; rainy day jour m pluvieux or de pluie ; rainy season saison f des pluies.to keep ou save something for a rainy day mettre de l'argent de côté ; I'm saving it for a rainy day je le mets de côté pour le jour où j'en aurai besoin.
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for a rainy day — phrase if you save something or put something away for a rainy day, you save it for a time in the future when you may need it Thesaurus: words used to describe extent of usehyponym to use something, or to be usedsynonym Main entry: rainy * * *… … Useful english dictionary
save something for a rainy day — save (something) for a rainy day to keep an amount of money for a time in the future when it might be needed. She has a couple of thousand pounds kept aside which she s saving for a rainy day … New idioms dictionary
save for a rainy day — save (something) for a rainy day to keep an amount of money for a time in the future when it might be needed. She has a couple of thousand pounds kept aside which she s saving for a rainy day … New idioms dictionary
rainy day — rainy day, adj. a time of need or emergency: saving money for a rainy day. [1570 80] * * * … Universalium
save for a rainy day — save money for a time when you really need it Ed and Vi spend little money. They re saving for a rainy day … English idioms
rainy day — noun a (future) time of financial need I am saving for a rainy day • Usage Domain: ↑trope, ↑figure of speech, ↑figure, ↑image • Hypernyms: ↑time period, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
rainy day — noun Date: circa 1580 a period of want or need < saving for a rainy day > • rainy day adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
rainy — [[t]re͟ɪni[/t]] rainier, rainiest 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n During a rainy day, season, or period it rains a lot. They walked along the promenade on a rainy night... The rainy season in the Andes normally starts in December. 2) PHRASE If you say… … English dictionary
Economy — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Economy >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 economy economy frugality Sgm: N 1 thrift thrift thriftiness Sgm: N 1 care care husbandry good housewifery savingness retrenchment GRP: N 2 … English dictionary for students
economy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Avoidance of waste Nouns 1. economy, thriftiness, frugality, thrift, austerity, care, husbandry, housekeeping, ménage, good housewifery, good management or administration, retrenchment, cutback, rollback … English dictionary for students
Paradox of thrift — The paradox of thrift (or Paradox of Saving) is a paradox of economics propounded by John Maynard Keynes. The paradox states that if everyone saves more money during times of recession, then aggregate demand will fall and will in turn lower total … Wikipedia