The coldest day I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco (also attributed to Mark Twain)
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker expresses that a summer in San Francisco felt unusually cold, using hyperbole to highlight the weather.
- In plain terms
- San Francisco summers felt colder than any winter day to this person.
- What can you take from it?
- Use humor to describe unexpected weather experiences.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What place surprised you with unexpected weather?
- How do you describe extreme conditions?
Another view
This is subjective and may not match actual temperature data.
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