ill-wind

So now, of course, the big question is will Sarah Palin turn out to be a breath of fresh air for Republicans, or could it be a political ill-wind, as they say?

CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2008 2008

The bitter civil war which some predicted with such great enthusiasm and apparent conviction proved to be nothing more than a mountain of wishes of those who pray perpetually that our movement should be engulfed by an ill-wind.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

The bitter civil war which some predicted with such great enthusiasm and apparent conviction proved to be nothing more than a mountain of wishes of those who pray perpetually that our movement should be engulfed by an ill-wind.

STATEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS, THABO MBEKI, AT THE CLOSING THE 50th NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE ANC 1997

The bitter civil war which some predicted with such great enthusiasm and apparent conviction proved to be nothing more than a mountain of wishes of those who pray perpetually that our movement should be engulfed by an ill-wind.

PRESIDENT MBEKI'S CLOSING ADDRESS TO 50TH CONFERENCE 1997

The bitter civil war which some predicted with such great enthusiasm and apparent conviction proved to be nothing more than a mountain of wishes of those who pray perpetually that our movement should be engulfed by an ill-wind.

STATEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS, THABO MBEKI, AT THE CLOSING THE 50th NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE ANC 1997

"The bitter civil war which some predicted with such great enthusiasm and apparent conviction proved to be nothing more than a mountain of wishes of those who pray perpetually that our movement should be engulfed by an ill-wind."

ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

The bitter civil war which some predicted with such great enthusiasm and apparent conviction proved to be nothing more than a mountain of wishes of those who pray perpetually that our movement should be engulfed by an ill-wind.

STATEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS, THABO MBEKI, AT THE CLOSING THE 50th NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE ANC 1997

'I think she means that it's an ill-wind that gathers no moss,' said Leslie.

My Family and Other Animals Durrell, Gerald, 1925- 1956

Apollo, and killed by an ill-wind, was changed into this flower.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

Our load was _landed_ under the arcade of the Hotel de Ville; but the driver, in the genuine spirit of a London hackney-coachman, did not forget to turn the "ill-wind" to his own account, by importuning me for a double fare.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 330, September 6, 1828 Various