TODAY'S IDIOM: WEATHER A STORM

"WEATHER A STORM"

If you weather a storm, you survive a dangerous event or deal with a difficult situation.

Example: Everyone waited to see if the president could weather the storm caused by his son's arrest for using illegal drugs.

Superar la situación.

Example sentences:

• We decided to stay in the building and weather the storm there with the other visitors / Decidimos quedarnos en el edificio y superar la situación ahí, con los otros visitantes.

• Bob lost his job, but somehow his family weathered the storm / Bob perdió su trabajo, pero de alguna manera su familia superó la situación.

Additional examples:

• If you weather a storm, you get through something that could have harmed you.

• Poor Mandy had to stand there and weather the storm as her boss shouted insults at her for letting him forget something. 

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