idiom · informal
under the weather
UK/ˌʌn.də ðə ˈweð.ər/US/ˌʌn.dɚ ðə ˈweð.ɚ/UN·der·the·WEATH·er
speakingtask2
to feel slightly ill or unwell
Examples
“I felt a bit under the weather so I stayed home and rested.”
“She was under the weather the whole week before the exam.”
“He seemed a little under the weather yesterday, probably a cold.”
Band 8 sentence
“I was feeling a little under the weather before the interview, but I made sure to get a good night's sleep and performed well.”
Collocations
- feel/get/be under the weather
- a bit/quite under the weather
Word family
feel under the weather verb phrasebe under the weather verb phrase
Common mistakes
be under weather→be under the weather
under the whether→under the weather
Say it for a higher band
5sick→6ill→7+under the weather
Synonyms
out of sorts
unwell
Easily confused
out of sorts
“I woke up feeling a bit out of sorts this morning.”
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