rain buckets

English

Etymology

From figurative sense of pouring from buckets.

Verb

rain buckets (third-person singular simple present rains buckets, present participle raining buckets, simple past and past participle rained buckets)

(idiomatic) To rain heavily
- 1923, Pío Baroja, Caesar or Nothing:
  After lunching, Caesar went out to post some cards, and as it was raining buckets, he took refuge in the arcades of the Piazza Esedra
- 2018, Andrea Camilleri, The Pyramid of Mud, Penguin Books, page 167:
  It was still raining buckets when he stepped into his house, even though the worst seemed almost over.

Synonyms

rain cats and dogs

Translations

to rain heavily — see rain cats and dogs

单词	rain buckets
释义	rain buckets English Etymology From figurative sense of pouring from buckets. Verb rain buckets (third-person singular simple present rains buckets, present participle raining buckets, simple past and past participle rained buckets) (idiomatic) To rain heavily 1923, Pío Baroja, Caesar or Nothing: After lunching, Caesar went out to post some cards, and as it was raining buckets, he took refuge in the arcades of the Piazza Esedra 2018, Andrea Camilleri, The Pyramid of Mud, Penguin Books, page 167: It was still raining buckets when he stepped into his house, even though the worst seemed almost over. Synonyms rain cats and dogs Translations to rain heavily — see rain cats and dogs
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