Long foretold, long last, short notice, soon passed.
Long foretold, long last, short notice, soon passed.
Meaning in plain English
The saying gives a long-foretold event a long duration and a short-notice event a brief one. In the supplied reading, it concerns changing weather.
Example
A reader distinguishes how early a forecast arrived from the separate question of how long the event will last.
Deeper explanation and when to use it
The parallel wording connects advance warning with persistence. A responsible interpretation keeps the proposed rule separate from evidence about how a forecast was made. Notice time alone does not establish the duration of a particular event, and no threshold for long or short is defined.
When to use it
Use it to examine a notice-duration comparison with its measures undefined.
Keep in mind
No measured forecasting rule or guaranteed relation between warning and duration is established.
Edsverb editorial interpretation · agent reviewed · 2026-10-05. This explains the saying; it does not establish its historical origin.
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