"mackerel sky" meaning in Englisch

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      "word": "pileus"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "zusammengesetzt aus mackerel ^(→ en) „Makrele“ und sky ^(→ en) „Himmel“",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the mackerel sky",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the mackerel skies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "cloud"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "lenticular clouds"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "mack·er·el sky",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "other_pos": [
    "phrase"
  ],
  "pos": "noun",
  "proverbs": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Mackerel sky, mackerel sky. Never long wet and never long dry"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "There were mackerel sky.",
          "translation": "Es gab Schäfchenwolken."
        },
        {
          "text": "The phrase ‚mackerel sky‘ came from the fact that it looks similar to the markings of an adult king mackerel ^(→ en)."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "eine Wolkenart; der Schäfchenwolkenhimmel"
      ],
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      "sense_index": "1"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "altocumulus mackerel sky"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "eine Wolkenart; der Schäfchenwolkenhimmel",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schäfchenwolken"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "eine Wolkenart; der Schäfchenwolkenhimmel",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schäfchenwolkenhimmel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegisch",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "eine Wolkenart; der Schäfchenwolkenhimmel",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "makrellsky"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mackerel sky"
}

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      "word": "pileus"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "zusammengesetzt aus mackerel ^(→ en) „Makrele“ und sky ^(→ en) „Himmel“",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the mackerel sky",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the mackerel skies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "cloud"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "lenticular clouds"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "mack·er·el sky",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "other_pos": [
    "phrase"
  ],
  "pos": "noun",
  "proverbs": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Mackerel sky, mackerel sky. Never long wet and never long dry"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "There were mackerel sky.",
          "translation": "Es gab Schäfchenwolken."
        },
        {
          "text": "The phrase ‚mackerel sky‘ came from the fact that it looks similar to the markings of an adult king mackerel ^(→ en)."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "eine Wolkenart; der Schäfchenwolkenhimmel"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "altocumulus mackerel sky"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "eine Wolkenart; der Schäfchenwolkenhimmel",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schäfchenwolken"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "eine Wolkenart; der Schäfchenwolkenhimmel",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schäfchenwolkenhimmel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegisch",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "eine Wolkenart; der Schäfchenwolkenhimmel",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "makrellsky"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mackerel sky"
}