as the wind blows
Following prevailing currents
As the wind blows describes changing direction according to external circumstances, without fixed principles or loyalty.
Someone who shifts as the wind blows adapts their opinions or allegiances to whatever seems advantageous at the moment: He votes as the wind blows, backing whoever's ahead in the polls.
The phrase captures opportunism or lack of conviction.
- gustBrief wind surge
- directionWay something faces
- weathervaneDevice showing wind direction
- breezeLight, gentle air movement
- ephemeralLasting very briefly
intangible · variable · capriciousness · fate · vane · shifting sands · fickleness · change of heart · go with the flow · impermanence · transience · unpredictable · rootless · drifter · destiny · zephyr · momentariness · gale
as the wind blowsdeliberately
Done with intention
intentionally · by design · purposefully · calculatedly · strategically
as the wind blowssteadfastly
With unyielding commitment
consistently · unwaveringly · reliably · dependably · like clockwork
as the wind blowson principle
true to oneself · resolutely · independently · against the grain · standing one's ground
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