noun
a (future) time of financial need
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I am saving for a rainy day
• Usage Domain: ↑trope, ↑figure of speech, ↑figure, ↑image
• Hypernyms: ↑time period, ↑period of time, ↑period
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noun : a period of want or need
imperative that a couple should so live as to set something aside for a rainy day — Saturday Review
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—rainy-day, adj.
a time of need or emergency: saving money for a rainy day.
[1570-80]
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rainy day,
a possible time of greater need in the future: »
to save money for a rainy day.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.