How much do you actually trust the weather forecast — and has it ever let you down?

A natural way to answer

I trust it for the next day or two, but beyond that I take it with a pinch of salt. It's let me down before — a forecast of clear skies, and then it chucked it down. So I tend to hedge my bets now.

Key phrases to use

• with a pinch of salt — not completely believing something, treating it with healthy doubt“I take long-range forecasts with a pinch of salt.”
• chucked it down — rained extremely heavily“It chucked it down all afternoon.”
• hedge my bets — protect yourself by not committing fully to one option, in case it goes wrong“I hedge my bets and pack for both hot and cold.”