Owe somebody money? How about you charge it to the dust and let the rain settle it? This is a useful idiom for friendly transactions where no payment is necessary. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Let the Rain Settle It”
On our Facebook page, Joyce Shirley Rogers wrote to us about a saying that she recently heard for the first time from her 80-year-old dad.
It seems that dad borrowed a piece of sandpaper from a neighbor and said, “How much do I owe you?”
And then before the neighbor could answer, her dad went ahead and said, “How about we charge it to the wind and let the rain settle it?”
Oh, nice.
I love that.
And so then she ran to our Facebook page immediately and wrote about that because she thought it was hilarious.
And then I started Googling it, and it seems that the more common expression is “charge it to the dust and let the rain settle it,” which I really like.
You know, that’s if you don’t expect to be paid for something or it’s something you can’t do a lot about, charge it to the dust and let the rain settle it.
Oh, that’s really nice.
That’s very nice.
I love it.
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