rainy day

English

Noun

rainy day (plural rainy days)

(idiomatic) A difficult period of need, when things do not go right.
I've kept some money in the bank for a rainy day.
Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see rainy,‎ day.
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.

Translations

difficult period of need

Finnish: paha päivä
German: schlechte Zeiten f pl
Irish: cos thinn f
Lithuanian: juoda diena f

Russian: чёрный день (ru) m (čórnyj denʹ) (black day)
Spanish: vacas flacas, cuando vienen mal dadas
Turkish: zor gün, kötü gün, kara gün (tr)

literal usage

Finnish: sadepäivä

Turkish: yağmurlu gün

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