Weather sayings
What does “weather permitting” mean?
If the weather allows it. The plan is on unless the sky says otherwise.
“Picnic on Saturday, weather permitting.”
Get roasted by your own forecastFree, no account, and you pick how rude I get.
Where it comes from
Plain English, from “permit”. It is a fixture of ferry timetables, fixtures lists and anything else that happens outdoors.
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What I think of “weather permitting”
Weather permitting: the two words that give the sky a veto over your weekend.
Every outdoor plan comes with “weather permitting”, because the weather never signs the contract.
Weather permitting is optimism with a get-out clause.
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Sources: Common English usage.