proverb · Words worth keeping
When clouds look like black smoke.
When clouds look like black smoke.
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
The fragment compares clouds with black smoke. It supplies a visual condition without stating what follows from it.
Example
A reader recognises the dark-cloud image and notes that the source fragment gives no completed forecast.
Deeper explanation and when to use it
When opens an incomplete sequence rather than a complete forecast. The supplied gloss discusses cloud lighting, but it does not restore a missing conclusion or verify a cloud type. A responsible explanation describes the dark comparison while keeping the intended consequence unresolved.
When to use it
Use it to discuss the image with incomplete context made explicit.
Keep in mind
The missing conclusion, precise cloud type and intended forecast remain unverified.
An interpretation of the words, not a claim about their earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Date unknown