into the wind

Adverb

Meaning

in the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowing

Synonyms

Examples

Melancholy and remorse form the deep leaden keel which enables us to sail into the wind of reality; we run aground sooner than the flat-bottomed pleasure-lovers but we venture out in weather that would sink them and we choose our direction. Cyril Connolly

I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full. Arthur Ashe

Nothing is ever truly set by fate. In one blink, everything changes. Even though it should be a clear, sunny day, the softest whisper into the wind can become a hurricane that destroys everything it touches. (Acheron) Sherrilyn Kenyon

Everything is going fine, even better than I thought, and, it seems, for the first time in my life I feel tremendous satisfaction, and I want to shout something into the wind that hugs my face and makes my red bird shudder with gusts. Sergei Korolev

He who blows into the wind gets smoke in his eyes. Slovak Proverb

Don't spit into the wind. English Proverb

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