the old woman is plucking her goose

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Etymology[edit]

Metaphoric, likening the snowflakes to white feathers. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “when did this expression first arise?”)

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the old woman is plucking her goose

  1. (idiomatic, informal) It is snowing.

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