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Meaning of 天公不作美

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tiān gōng zuò měi
Heaven is not cooperating (idiom); the weather is not favorable for the planned activity
Example Sentences
1
It's a rainy day without basketball again.
2
But unfortunately, it was a cloudy and windy day.
3
We had such bad weather last year - droughts in the north, floods in the south - that our agricultural production was much lower than anticipated.
4
To our disappointment, heaven is not cooperative and it began to rain heavily that day.
5
Remarkably, spirits remained high despite the weather - again, a very British outlook!