"rainy day" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-rainy day.ogg Forms: rainy days [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rainy day (plural rainy days)
  1. (idiomatic) A difficult period of need, in reference to a time when money will be needed. Tags: idiomatic Translations (difficult period of need): paha päivä (but see pahan päivän varalle) (Finnish), période de vaches maigres [feminine] (French), jour difficile [masculine] (French), schlechte Zeiten [feminine, plural] (German), cos thinn [feminine] (Irish), nebalta diena (Latvian), juoda diena [feminine] (Lithuanian), czarna godzina [feminine] (Polish), vremuri grele (Romanian), vremuri dificile (Romanian), чёрный день (čórnyj denʹ) (english: black day) [masculine] (Russian), vacas flacas (Spanish), cuando vienen mal dadas (Spanish), zor gün (Turkish), kötü gün (Turkish), kara gün (Turkish)
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  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rainy, day. Translations (literal usage): 雨天 (yǔtiān) (Chinese Mandarin), sadepäivä (Finnish), Regentag [masculine] (German), vihmapäivä (Ingrian), lá báistí [masculine] (Irish), 비오는 날 (bioneun nal) (Korean), нена́стный день (nenástnyj denʹ) [masculine] (Russian), yağmurlu gün (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-rainy_day-en-noun-q6la4TTa Disambiguation of 'literal usage': 32 68

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