Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

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

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables
you -don't need a weath-er-man -to -know which way the wind blows
IPA
97
Scrabble Score
48
Letters
6
Syllables
18
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

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

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What does you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows mean?
One does not require an expert to tell one what one already knows.
Where does you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows come from?
From a line in a Bob Dylan song, Subterranean Homesick Blues (1965).

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