proverb · Words worth keeping
Doors and drawers stick before a rain.
Doors and drawers stick before a rain.
Historical period not yet established
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
The saying puts sticking doors and drawers before rain. It interprets a change in household movement as a weather sign.
What the words are saying
The sequence suggests a connection but does not identify which object, material or cause is involved. The supplied humidity account is not independently checked here. A useful reading explains the lore without assuming every sticking drawer predicts showers.
Everyday example
A reader distinguishes a sticking drawer from a confirmed account of the weather that follows.
When to use it
Use it to discuss a household weather sign with its cause open.
What it does not mean
No material mechanism or dependable prediction from sticking furniture is established.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- Contributor-provided proverb reference
Supplied reference A; unit 597; PDF page 87
A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.