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词汇 weather the storm
释义
Idiom
weather the stormride out/weather the storm
to continue to exist and not be harmed during a very difficult period.
When smaller companies were going bankrupt, the big companies with wider interests managed to ride out the storm.It remains to be seen if the President will weather the political storm caused by his remarks.
idiomweather the storm(also ride (out) the storm)to experience a difficult situation without being too badly affected by itoften used in business and politics:Armed guards sealed off the city centre as riots broke out in the streets and the Albanian leadership tried to weather the storm.So far the company has weathered the storm of criticism by environmental protesters, but more and more people are starting to question its methods.The government last night seemed determined to ride out the storm surrounding the repatriation of asylum seekers under immigration rules.

weather the storm

1. Literally, to remain at one's location during a storm to wait until it passes, as opposed to evacuating. Officials are urging residents not to try to weather the storm. This is a mandatory evacuation event.
2. To endure a period of hardship or disorder. That was the hardest year of my life, but in the end I was able to weather the storm with the support of my family.

weather the storm

 
1. Fig. to experience and survive a storm. We decided to stay in the building and weather the storm there with the other visitors.
2. Fig. to experience something and survive it. (Fig. on {2}.) The manager went on another shouting rampage and frightened his assistants. The rest of us stayed in our offices to weather the storm.

weather the storm

Survive difficulties, as in If she can just weather the storm of that contract violation, she'll be fine. This expression alludes to a ship coming safely through bad weather. [Mid-1600s]

weather the storm

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ride out the storm

COMMON If you weather the storm or ride out the storm, you survive a difficult situation or period without being seriously harmed by it. The General insists he will not resign and will weather the storm. Both companies have weathered the storm of the current recession better than most. Note: You can also say that you ride the storm. The President will no doubt ride the storm, as he always does.

weather the storm

survive a period of difficulty.

ride out/weather the ˈstorm (of something)

manage to survive a difficult period or situation: The government has managed to ride out the recent storm.Many companies are having difficulty weathering the present economic storm.

weather the storm, to

To survive hard times. The term, alluding to a ship safely coming through bad weather, has been used figuratively from about 1650. Thomas Macaulay did so in The History of England (1849): “[They] weathered together the fiercest storms of faction.”
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