Weather idioms

to come rain or shine – whatever happens

to chase rainbows – to pursue goals that are unrealistic, unlikely to happen
to rain on someone’s parade – to do sg that spoils someone’s plans
to get wind of sg – to hear a piece of information that someone else was trying to keep secret
to have one’s head in the clouds – to be distracted from the situation / to be daydreaming,
not paying attention to sg

Animal idioms
the elephant in the room – there is an obvious problem that people don’t want to talk about
the lion’s share – the largest part or most of sg
hold your horses – used to tell someone to stop and consider carefully their decision or
opinion about sg
to quit cold turkey – to stop doing sg completely (or try to do so)
to be like a fish out of water – a person who feels awkward or unhappy because they are in a
situation that is not familiar or because they are different from the people around them