English Explanatory Dictionary

you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. One does not require an expert to tell one what one already knows.

Word forms

you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows

Etymology

From a line in a Bob Dylan song, Subterranean Homesick Blues (1965).

Related words

which way the wind is blowing

Derived words

Weatherman
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