In the middle of the picnic it started to rain cats and dogs, and everybody got soaked.
Terry looked out of the window and said, "It's raining pitchforks, so we can't go out to play right now."
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
rain pitchforks — tv. to rain very hard and heavy. □ It rained pitchforks all day long. □ Every time I go out to rake leaves, it rains pitchforks … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
rain pitchforks — verb to rain heavily. Syn: rain cats and dogs … Wiktionary
rain cats and dogs — or[rain buckets] or[rain pitchforks] {v. phr.}, {informal} To rain very hard; come down in torrents. * /In the middle of the picnic it started to rain cats and dogs, and everybody got soaked./ * /Terry looked out of the window and said, It s… … Dictionary of American idioms
rain cats and dogs — or[rain buckets] or[rain pitchforks] {v. phr.}, {informal} To rain very hard; come down in torrents. * /In the middle of the picnic it started to rain cats and dogs, and everybody got soaked./ * /Terry looked out of the window and said, It s… … Dictionary of American idioms
rain\ buckets — • rain cats and dogs • rain buckets • rain pitchforks v. phr. informal To rain very hard; come down in torrents. In the middle of the picnic it started to rain cats and dogs, and everybody got soaked. Terry looked out of the window and said, It s … Словарь американских идиом
rain\ cats\ and\ dogs — • rain cats and dogs • rain buckets • rain pitchforks v. phr. informal To rain very hard; come down in torrents. In the middle of the picnic it started to rain cats and dogs, and everybody got soaked. Terry looked out of the window and said, It s … Словарь американских идиом
rain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. shower, precipitation, rainstorm, downpour. v. shower, pour, drizzle; bestow, lavish, shower upon. See water. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Water falling in drops] Syn. drizzle, mist, sprinkle, sprinkling,… … English dictionary for students
rain — n 1. precipitation, raindrops; fine or light rain, serein, drizzle, sprinkle, Chiefly Dial. mizzle, mist; rainfall, cloudburst, rainstorm, shower, sun shower, thundershower, thunderstorm, electrical storm, thundersquall, squall, hurricane;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
pitchforks — adverb : very hard usually used in the phrase rain pitchforks … Useful english dictionary
rain cats and dogs — verb To rain very heavily. Syn: bucket, bucket down, chuck it down, rain buckets, rain pitchforks, pelt, piss down, pour … Wiktionary
