What does under the weather mean?
Idiom Meaning:
feeling sick
Examples of this Idiom in Movies & TV Shows:
My Name is Earl “Cost Dad the Election” (2005)
Time of Scene:
Rhonda Gibbs: Filling in for Carl Hickey will be his son, Earl Hickey.
Carl Hickey: No, no, no, no.
Earl: My father is feeling a little under the weather.
Carl Hickey: Don’t embarrass me, don’t embarrass me.
Rhonda Gibbs: Nothing serious I hope.
Earl: Err… diarrhea!
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Time of Scene:
Shaun: Mum, have you been bitten?
Barbara: No. But Philip has.
Shaun: Oh, okay.
Ed: Has she been bitten?
Shaun: No, Philip has.
Ed: Oh, okay.
Shaun: Listen, Mum, what sort of state is he in?
Barbara: Oh, he’s fine. Bit under the weather.
Shaun: I see.
Ed: What’s the deal?
Shaun: We may have to kill my step-dad.
Star Trek: Enterprise “Unexpected” (2001)
Time of Scene:
Ah’Len: Have you had enough?
Commander Charles ‘Trip’ Tucker III: A man needs a lot of fluids when he’s under the weather.
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