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the old woman is plucking her goose

the old woman is plucking her goose phrase: it is snowing.

Phrase

the old woman is plucking her goose

  1. (idiomatic, informal) It is snowing.

Origin of the old woman is plucking her goose

Metaphoric, likening the snowflakes to white feathers.

Questions about the old woman is plucking her goose

What does the old woman is plucking her goose mean?
The old woman is plucking her goose means it is snowing.
What part of speech is the old woman is plucking her goose?
The old woman is plucking her goose is a phrase.

Words near the old woman is plucking her goose in the dictionary

  1. the nose knows
  2. the nut does not fall far from the tree
  3. The Oaks
  4. the odds are good, but the goods are odd
  5. The Odyssey
  6. the old woman is plucking her goose
  7. the oldest trick in the book
  8. The Olgas
  9. the one
  10. the one that got away
  11. the ones

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