Meaning of black over Bill's mother's | Babel Free

Definitions

Describing rain-bearing dark clouds on the horizon.

East-Midlands, idiomatic, not-comparable

Examples

““It looks a bit black over Bill's mother's,” I said. “I don't like the look of them bleeding clouds for one minute.””

““Oh, that's nice.” said Mrs Jones looking out of the window at the rain. “It has gone real black over Bill's mother's,” she said using one of the old sayings from around those parts.”

“Lalla puffed contentedly at his pipe. Then he removed it, spat, and looked at the sky. “It's getting black over Bill's mother's. We ought to be making a start.””

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