This phrase has been a synonym for everything from "ill and indisposed" to "financially embarrassed" and "drunk," and has even been a synonym for "the discomfort accompanying menstruation". It was first used by Ik Marvel (the pen name of American author Donald Grant Mitchell) in his "Reveries of a Bachelor" (1850).
2007-01-19 06:45:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
"under the weather" but guess what?
Whilst he did say such, it was not in this book!
"Reveries of a Bachelor" does not have such.
Fudge Doings: In forty chapters
by Donald Grant Mitchell, Ik. Marvel - 1855
rather under the weather P Master Fudge replies faintly: not at all in the manner of a yacht-man. " Ah, well, brave it out my man : eat hearty : stir about - Page 63
The Lorgnette: Or, Studies of the Town
by Donald Grant] [Mitchell - 1851
... previously admonished me that I must not look for any very great style, as the family, though uncommonly high, were just now rather under the weather. - Page 164
2007-01-19 07:53:37 · answer #1 · answered by cruisingyeti 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
under the weather
2007-01-19 06:53:08 · answer #2 · answered by jurydoc 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ragged???
2007-01-19 06:52:04 · answer #3 · answered by sunnygirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋