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Here's another rain idiom for you:

Last summer all residents of Japan received 100,000 yen cash handouts due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rather than spending it right away, I guess some people have chosen to save it for a rainy day.

If you save something, mostly money, for a rainy day, you save it for a time in the future when it might be needed unexpectedly. A rainy day fund is essentially another word for an emergency fund.

If you work as a freelancer in particular, you must be ready for a rainy day, because being self-employed means not having steady income or the same amount of income every month. A rainy day here means unexpected expenses or emergency situations.

Now, would you like to try a quiz? I'll give you three options. Please listen carefully and choose the one that is NOT true. Ready?

When someone says they're saving for a rainy day, a rainy day implies:

1. emergency

2. umbrella

3. something unexpected