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"The devil is beating his wife" nghĩa là gì?
05 Aug, 2020
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"The devil is beating his wife" = quỷ sứ đang đánh vợ -> cụm từ này nghĩa là trời đổ mưa trong khi vẫn nắng.
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“What do you call it when rain falls when the sun is shining?” Well, over half the people in the country don’t even have an expression for this. But in South Carolina, over 43% of people say “ the devil is beating his wife”.
As a meteorologist (nhà khí tượng học), I have heard some strange answers to the reason why. One of the most popular reasons that I've heard is "the devil is beating his wife." While I cannot confirm that, I will tell you the scientific reasoning behind the cool phenomenon. Several people refer to this phenomenon as a sunshower.
“The Devil is beating his wife,” Ryan said on I-24. That’s apparently how people down here describe the sun-showers we drove through on the road to Chattanooga, two hours away. Somewhere near Monteagle, flatness gave way to the gentle undulations of eastern Tennessee, and the Smokies began to feel near. Suddenly Ryan slammed his hands on the wheel and uttered a triple expletive.
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