Warning: Severe weather ahead

Needless to say, floods, fires, earthquakes and tornadoes have a huge impact on those who experience them. Small wonder, then, that words for natural disasters and severe weather events have made their way into many figurative expressions. Test your knowledge of English idioms by picking the word that is most commonly used in the expressions below.

The passenger unleashed of abuse when the flight attendant asked him to change seats.
The children tore through the house like .
Amira burst into a of tears.
At the announcement, a of emotion swept through the crowd.
As a child, Jean-Yves had a nature.
After the report was leaked, the office received a of emails.
The actor has a temperament.
The boxer felled her opponent in a of blows.
The audience was when the mayor announced his resignation.
The unexpected news came like a from the blue.

Date modified: 2020-08-27

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