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I am a little under the mweather1/31/2024 ![]() To make fair weather: to flatter to give flattering representations. Stress of weather: violent winds force of tempests. To support this, I would note that Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary puts “under the weather” with the “atmospheric conditions” definition of weather rather than the “side a ship exposes to the wind” definition. They certainly won’t be feeling their best. If we must bring a ship into this, surely the same applies to the crew on a ship who have been exposed to bad weather for a time. You could be put in low spirits or you could catch cold. I think was hinting at this but didn’t quite state it: What if we assume that “under the weather” simply means to be feeling the ill effects of the weather? If bad weather continues for a time, your mood and health may naturally be influenced by it. Perhaps we should look at related expressions like “under the gun”, “under the pump”, or “under the influence of XYZ”. There aren’t enough early attestations of “under the weather rail” to link them, I don’t think. ![]() Hotel New Yorker Supreme Court case (1811). There are some early attestations of “under the weather” in Beyond These Voices (1800) and a Rose v. It makes it hard to imagine that “under the weather” is merely a shortening. “Under the weather rail” seems still more plausible, but I couldn’t find any attestations of “feeling” “under the weather rail” or like expressions. I agree with and that the ship etymology feels a bit far-fetched. One, is its origin came from sea travel, when people felt ill due to several reasons, and the other thing in common, is that they both cited the fact that the persons feeling unwell went below deck. In both cases, we have two things in common. Sick passengers go below deck, which provides shelter from the weather, but just as importantly the sway is not as great below deck, low on the ship. Seasickness is caused by the constant rocking motion of the ship. Passengers aboard ships become seasick most frequently during times of rough seas and bad weather. First published in Great Britain, 1983).Īnother site states that something similar: McCloskey (Sheridan House, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., 1995. The term is correctly 'under the weather bow' which is a gloomy prospect the weather bow is the side upon which all the rotten weather is blowing." From "Salty Dog Talk: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions" by Bill Beavis and Richard G. Originally it meant to feel seasick or to be adversely affected by bad weather. Here's a similar one I found: "Under the weather. In the old days, when a sailor was unwell, he was sent down below to help his recovery, under the deck and away from the weather. : To be under the weather is to be unwell. The Phrase finder provides an explanation of the origin:
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