which way the wind is blowing
idiom
: what opinions are popular at a given time
Her political opinions depend on which way the wind is blowing.
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Due to the tense angle between the Moon in your expressive 5th house and Uranus in your secretive 8th house, you could be stuck pinging back and forth between showing off and hiding entirely, depending on which way the wind is blowing.
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Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2024
Over the next few months, the industry may have a better sense of which way the wind is blowing.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2024
Silicon Valley is like any other powerful industry this way — its lobbyists, public-facing figures and attention-seeking executives try to guess which way the wind is blowing and place their bets accordingly.
—Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
Right now, studios and streamers, nominees and their publicists are waiting to see which way the wind is blowing before committing.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2022
Now, presidential job approval is one of those numbers that seems to be indicative of which way the wind is blowing.
—NBC News, 23 Oct. 2022
This is one way of knowing which way the wind is blowing (blowing on the American right, that is).
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 Sep. 2022
Leave it to Joe Manchin to know which way the wind is blowing.
—Spencer Jakab, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2021
Some, such as preëlection polling, focus on the near-present—the equivalent of hiring a meteorologist to determine which way the wind is blowing.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 24 May 2021
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Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2024
Over the next few months, the industry may have a better sense of which way the wind is blowing.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2024
Silicon Valley is like any other powerful industry this way — its lobbyists, public-facing figures and attention-seeking executives try to guess which way the wind is blowing and place their bets accordingly.
—Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
Right now, studios and streamers, nominees and their publicists are waiting to see which way the wind is blowing before committing.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2022
Now, presidential job approval is one of those numbers that seems to be indicative of which way the wind is blowing.
—NBC News, 23 Oct. 2022
This is one way of knowing which way the wind is blowing (blowing on the American right, that is).
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 Sep. 2022
Leave it to Joe Manchin to know which way the wind is blowing.
—Spencer Jakab, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2021
Some, such as preëlection polling, focus on the near-present—the equivalent of hiring a meteorologist to determine which way the wind is blowing.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 24 May 2021
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