2006-07-06 11:48:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The phrase was first used by ik marvel in 1850, as a metaphor for being ill or indisposed.
Not used before this date
2006-07-06 11:55:08 · answer #1 · answered by dopeysaurus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When it's gray and rainy out, does that affect how you feel? This expression comes from the idea that bad weather might hurt a person's health and mood. The saying also may be related to "under the weather bow," the part of a boat that will take the force of rough seas during stormy weather. If you were in that part of the boat, you might get seasick!
2006-07-06 19:20:16 · answer #2 · answered by Sherry K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, when you are in a good mood, you are on top of the world, on cloud 9 or in heaven, i.e. above the weather, and hence being under the weather is the opposite.
Therefore to feel normal you must be a hillwalker, to wander around at cloud level.
2006-07-08 12:54:33 · answer #3 · answered by yodellingdolphinofkirkwall 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-11 08:31:52 · answer #4 · answered by cookedermott 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depressed
2006-07-12 14:50:28 · answer #5 · answered by GRUMPY /UK 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋