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Headword: *ou)/q' u(/etai ou)/te h(liou=tai
Adler number: omicron,841
Translated headword: it is neither raining nor sunny
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to matters that lie beyond all calculation.
Greek Original:
*ou)/q' u(/etai ou)/te h(liou=tai: e)pi\ tw=n e)/cw pa/shs fronti/dos o)/ntwn.
Notes:
cf. Zenobius 5.53 and other paroemiographers.
For another proverb about rain, see omicron 394.
Keywords: daily life; imagery; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 28 October 2009@04:46:34.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (set status) on 29 October 2009@00:36:10.
David Whitehead (x-ref) on 29 October 2009@04:01:42.
David Whitehead on 1 August 2013@03:40:29.

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