My two children (aged 5 and 8, and literalists) went into gales of laughter at his "inappropriate" response.
Rainwater drained from the hut roofs into tanks was sometimes tainted with salt and fragments of seaweed after gales.
The phrase collocates with 'sharp frost' and 'equinoctial gales', both undesirable types of weather.
In the constant gales tent poles broke and guys tore off.
The climate is cold, cloudy, and windy, with frequent gales.
With weather conditions on the appointed day predicted to be very severe- including gales likely to cause structural damage to buildings- only three of the six teams managed to participate.
The wind then increased to gale force and breaking seas soon coated the superstructure in ice and made navigation more difficult due to reduced visibility.
We can't get out till gale is over, also ship repaired.
