Child: I hate all this rain. Why does it have to rain? Mother: April showers bring May flowers.
•Although it was a dreary, rainy day, we felt cheerful, since April showers bring May flowers.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
April showers bring forth May flowers — c 1560 in T. Wright Songs & Ballads (1860) 213 Aprell sylver showers so sweet Can make May flowers to sprynge. 1670 J. RAY English Proverbs 41 April showers bring forth May flowers. 1846 M. A. DENHAM Proverbs relating to Seasons, etc. 36 March… … Proverbs new dictionary
May — see May chickens come cheeping April showers bring forth May flowers ne’er cast a clout till May be out marry in May, rue for aye so many mists in March, so many frosts in May sell in May and go away … Proverbs new dictionary
April — see April showers bring forth May flowers … Proverbs new dictionary
Aprilregen — 1. Am Aprilregen ist viel gelegen. 2. Aprilregen bringt Maiblümlein hervor. 3. Aprilregen ist den Bauern gelegen. 4. Warmer Aprilregen – grosser Segen. Engl.: April showers bring May flowers. Frz.: Avril nuée, mai rosée. [Zusätze und Ergänzungen] … Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon
improvement — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Making better Nouns 1. improvement, uplift; melioration, amelioration, betterment, uptick; mend, amendment, emendation; advancement, advance, development, progress, telesis, quantum jump or leap,… … English dictionary for students
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind … Proverbs new dictionary
March — see March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb April showers bring forth May flowers on the first of March, the crows begin to search so many mists in March, so many frosts in May a peck of March dust is worth a king’s ransom … Proverbs new dictionary
water — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) A clear liquid and major component of all living things Nouns 1. water, moisture, wetness; drinking water, spring water, mineral water; sea or salt water, fresh water; serum, serosity; lymph; rheum;… … English dictionary for students
flower — see April showers bring forth May flowers … Proverbs new dictionary
shower — see April showers bring forth May flowers … Proverbs new dictionary
wind — see when the wind is in the east, ’tis neither good for man nor beast April showers bring forth May flowers God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb it’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good north wind doth blow, we shall have snow … Proverbs new dictionary
