come down in buckets

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I can't drive in this rain — it's coming down in buckets.


Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов. 2013.

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  • 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 down — verb precipitate as rain If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding • Syn: ↑rain • Derivationally related forms: ↑rain (for: ↑rain) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • pour — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. flow, emerge; decant, fill; is sue; rain, flood, shower. See egress, water, sufficiency. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To flow] Syn. discharge, emit, issue; see drain 3 , flow 2 . 2. [To allow to flow] Syn.… …   English dictionary for students

  • 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

  • pour — v 1. rain, rain hard, Inf. r?in cats and dogs, Inf. rain buckets, Inf. rain pitchforks, Inf. come down in buckets, Inf. come down in sheets. 2. emit, let out, give vent to, discharge; expel, disgorge, spit out; open the sluices. 3.(all in great… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 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

  • storm — n 1. tempest, squall, barat, williwaw; rainstorm, cloudburst, deluge, downpour, torrent, Chiefly Oklahoma and Texas. gully washer; rainfall shower, sun shower, thundershower, thunderstorm, electrical storm, thundersquall, hailstorm; windstorm,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • rain — [n] downpour of water or other substance cat and dog weather*, cloudburst, condensation, deluge, drencher, drizzle, fall, flood, flurry, hail, heavy dew, liquid sunshine*, mist, monsoon, pour, pouring, precip*, precipitation, raindrops, rainfall …   New thesaurus

  • shower — [n] precipitation cloudburst, deluge, downpour, drizzle, flood, hail, rain, rainstorm, sleet, storm, thunderstorm; concepts 524,526 shower [v1] rain come down in buckets*, downpour, drench, drizzle, fall, hail, mist, patter, pour, sleet, spray,… …   New thesaurus

  • Egypt — • Provides information on history, religion, and literature Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Egypt     Egypt     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • harbours and sea works — Introduction harbour also spelled  harbor        any part of a body of water and the manmade structures surrounding it that sufficiently shelters a vessel from wind, waves, and currents, enabling safe anchorage or the discharge and loading of… …   Universalium


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