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Straws in the wind

Posted by Peter persoff May 07, 2003In reply to Straws in the wind posted by Sophia on May 07, 2003

To see which way the wind is blowing, you toss

a few straws up and see which way they blow.

Straws in the wind are indicators of current conditions.

Sounds like the writer you refer to didn't use the phrase
correctly.