"No matter where you stand, da breeze will invariably blow either towards you or in your face, causing you great difficulty in proceeding ahead and/or "cleanly"/effectively performing tasks dat involve/include vapors/particulates/liquids." (Think, Murphy's Law of Cigarette Smoke, or trying to bicycle someplace on a blustery day and da stiff wind keeps switching around so dat it's always hinderingly in your face --- never helpfully at your back --- both on your way to your destination AND on your way back home again!)
P.S. Oh yeah --- and don't even **consider** simply postponing outdoor activities till a "still spell" --- DAT will only mean multitudes of mosquitoes and black flies to torment you and make you WISH for a breeze!
P.S. Oh yeah --- and don't even **consider** simply postponing outdoor activities till a "still spell" --- DAT will only mean multitudes of mosquitoes and black flies to torment you and make you WISH for a breeze!
Two classic examples of da infuriating effects of Murphy's Law Of Wind-Direction would be (1) trying to water your hanging-basket plants on da front porch, but da watering-can's sprinkled droplets keep blowing backwards so dat da water both largely misses your plants and gets you soaking-wet, and (2) trying to employ toss-across collecting when gathering returnables along da highway, but having many of da thrown containers just blow right back onto your side of da road.
by QuacksO August 12, 2019

by Quaz the silly January 30, 2022

by heylia17 March 29, 2015

Here's a sentence using "sail close to the wind":
The politician's campaign ads sailed close to the wind with their negative attacks on the opponent.
The politician's campaign ads sailed close to the wind with their negative attacks on the opponent.
by Arminkshipper July 25, 2024

by FarkleMurd May 28, 2018

A moderately small critter with a short temper from the rural pastures of Venezuela. The creature is known to glide great distances when only a mild breeze present.
My grandmother left the post office and was killed in a frenzied attack from a Portuguese Wind Ferret
by SmokiestJoe March 18, 2022
