which way the wind is blowing

Meaning: (idiomatic)Theprevailingopinionor current view of most people, especially people withinfluence.1975June 29, Robert F. Lucid, “The Major Novelists View the American Businessman”, inNew York Times, retrieved5 November 2017:Minor writers, seeking a fashion to follow, may praise or blame various groups pretty much according towhich way the wind is blowing, but the work of a writer like Ernest Hemingway, most people would agree, goes its own way.2007October 3,Kenneth Baer, Jeff Nussbaum, “When Candidates Attack”, inTime, retrieved5 November 2017:"There are folks who will shift positions and policies on all kinds of things depending onwhich way the wind is blowing," he told the crowd.2011November 29, John Vidal, “Kyoto protocol may suffer fate of Julius Caesar at Durban climate talks”, inGuardian, UK, retrieved5 November 2017:The reality of international diplomacy is that, like the senators in Julius Caesar, countries follow power, hide their weapons, watchwhich way the wind is blowing, and then back who they expect to be the winner.

Examples:

EN: - To see which way the wind is blowing.
ES: - Para ver de qué lado sopla el viento.
EN: But everyone can see which way the wind is blowing.
ES: Pero todo el mundo sabe hacia dónde sopla el viento.
EN: Keeping the victim alive for a few months and seeing which way the wind is blowing before actually finishing him off.
ES: Mantener a la víctima con vida unos meses y ver cómo está la cosa antes de aniquilarle de verdad.
EN: Do you know which way the wind is blowing?
ES: ¿Sabe para qué lado sopla el viento?
EN: And I know which way the wind is blowing.
ES: Y sé de qué lado sopla el viento.
EN: Because you're a wiseacre son of a bitch who doesn't know which way the wind is blowing.
ES: Porque eres un sabelotodo hijo de perra que no sabe desde dónde sopla el viento.
EN: Except you have to check which way the wind is blowing 'cause I forgot and it didn't half sting, went right in my eye.
ES: Goody. Dígale que queremos porras tan largas como las de "Policías de Nueva York".
EN: We check which way the wind is blowing before deciding anything.
ES: Nosotros comprobamos en que dirección sopla el viento antes de decidir cualquier cosa.
EN: Looking to see which way the wind is blowing and making sure I don't crack up.
ES: Ando viendo por qué lado sopla el viento y asegurandome de no volverme loco.
EN: The Chronicle of the Kings shows us which way the wind is blowing.
ES: Las cronicas de los reyes nos enseñan hacia que dirección sopla el viento.
EN: But... I don't know which way the wind is blowing with Cyrus.
ES: Pero... no sé por dónde van los tiros con Cyrus.
EN: Oh, pish. I'm sure they'll be able to tell which way the wind is blowing.
ES: Estoy segura de que serán capaces de decir de dónde soplan el viento.
EN: But fabio is so up in the air all the time who knows which way the wind is blowing this evening so something could go wrong.
ES: Pero con Fabio todo siempre está en el aire todo el tiempo. ¿Quién sabe por cuál lado el viento sopla esta noche? Así que, algo podría salir mal.
EN: Four brachytherapy canisters-- enough material to contaminate several city blocks, depending on which way the wind is blowing.
ES: Cuatro botes de braquiterapia-- bastante material para contaminar muchas manzanas de la ciudad, dependiendo de la dirección en que sople el viento.
EN: When the others see which way the wind is blowing, they'll be right there beside you. Oh oh.
ES: Cuando los demás vean hacia dónde sopla el viento, estarán justo a tu lado.

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