under the weather

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under the weather

She is staying home from school because she feels under the weather.

Definition

Adjective phrase: - Feeling slightly ill or unwell: The phrase describes a state of mild sickness or not feeling one's best, often temporary and not severe enough to be completely incapacitating.

Usage

This phrase is commonly used in informal, conversational English to politely indicate one is not feeling well without specifying serious illness details. It often implies a general malaise, such as a minor cold, fatigue, or an upset stomach.

Examples
Advanced Usage
  • The phrase can sometimes be used euphemistically or humorously to refer to a hangover.
    • He's under the weather after the office party last night.
Variants and Related Words
  • Indisposed (adj): A more formal synonym for feeling slightly unwell.
  • Peaked (adj): Looking pale and ill (informal).
  • Poorly (adj/adv): Not well; ill (common in UK English).
Synonyms
  • Ailing
  • Out of sorts
  • Off-color
  • Run down
Related Idioms
  • Under the weather is itself a fixed idiom. Its origin is often attributed to sailors feeling seasick during rough weather at sea.
under the weather

She is staying home from school because she feels under the weather.

Adjective
  1. somewhat ill or prone to illness
    • my poor ailing grandmother
    • feeling a bit indisposed today
    • you look a little peaked
    • feeling poorly
    • a sickly child
    • is unwell and can't come to work

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