Monkey's wedding definition 1
A charming term for a sunshower – when rain falls while the sun is shining. Widely used in SA English (from an old Afrikaans idiom "jakkals trou met wolf se vrou"), it describes this unlikely weather with a folksy image.
""It's a monkey's wedding outside – the sun's out, but I still got soaked in that quick rain," said Prisha, looking at the rainbow forming."
Monkey's wedding definition 2
Sonneskyn en reën (Sunshine and rain)
"It's a monkey's wedding (It's sunshine and rain together)"
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- 🇿🇦 South Africa
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- 2 community definitions
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- August 2025
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"Another weekend wedding"
Boda anunciada en Facebook (Wedding announced on Facebook)
"Hicieron Facebook wedding grande. (They had a big Facebook wedding.)"
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