catch a cold
verb1
Idiomatic To contract a cold.
2
Idiomatic To encounter difficulties.
- Don't catch a cold because of the state pension freeze.2014 March 22, Rupert Jones, “Retiring abroad? Don't catch a cold because of the state pension freeze”, in The Guardian:
- If the U.S. goes into recession in 2021, the rest of the world is expected to catch a cold.2018 February 14, Gary Howes, “British Pound to Languish Below 1.10 vs. Euro as Recession Beckons in 2021 say Scandinavian Economists”, in Pound Sterling:
- Related terms
- catch one's death, couldn't catch a cold