rainy day

American  

noun

1. a time of need or emergency.

   saving money for a rainy day.

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rainy day British  

noun

1. a future time of need, esp financial

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Other Word Forms

• rainy-day adjective

Etymology

Origin of rainy day

First recorded in 1570–80

Example Sentences

This was in the 1990s, so he stored them away "for a rainy day".

From BBC

Two years later, on “Life Round Here,” he repeats, “Everything feels like touchdown on a rainy day.”

From Los Angeles Times

With the Galaxy S26, photos can be edited directly in the gallery app by entering a prompt, such as a command to make a rainy day look sunny.

From The Wall Street Journal

Why might Lawson be choosing to make this move now, committing herself to rainy days in the Bake Off tent and tasting 12 near-identical Garibaldi biscuits?

From BBC

It was a rainy day in May, and upon returning to the site with plastic sheets to protect freshly poured concrete, ICE had trespassed onto the development.

From Salon