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rain cats and dogsTo rain very heavily.Rate it:

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rain chequeAny postponement, especially of an offer.Rate it:

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rain offto cancel (an event) due to excessive rainRate it:

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rain downto fall from the sky, as rainRate it:

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rain on one's paradeTo spoil someone's celebration.Rate it:

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is it going to rainIs it going to rain?Rate it:

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come rain or come shineIt doesn’t matter what the circumstances are or whatever happens; whatsoever the conditions or the weather is; it's most commonly used to say that an event still happen (will not be canceled) even if it rains; See also, "rain or shine"Rate it:

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make it rainto bring prosperity or work to an enterprise by selling, inventing or other productive or successful activityRate it:

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make it rainUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see make,‎ it,‎ rain.Rate it:

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make it rainto throw a substantial amount of paper money so that it falls on a crowd, audience, performer, or group of performers, often as a way to show off one's wealthRate it:

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rain checkTo provide a service at a later date.Rate it:

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rain checkIn social interactions, a polite way to turn down an invitation, with the implication one is simply postponing it and that another time would be acceptable.Rate it:

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Rain CheckA ticket stub that allows an individual to attend an event on behalf of a canceled one; a paper piece that allows someone to buy a sold-out product at discounted or sale price later onRate it:

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rain chequeAny voucher or note issued by a store to allow a customer to get a special or sale price later if an item is out of stock.Rate it:

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rain dogs and catsTo rain very heavily.Rate it:

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rain downto appear inexplicablyRate it:

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rain on someone's paradeTo disappoint or discourage someone.Rate it:

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Rain on Your ParadeSpoiling day of an individual, particularly regarding special plans, instances, performances, celebrations, etcRate it:

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rain or shineIt doesn’t matter what the circumstances are or whatever happens; whatsoever the conditions or the weather is; it's most commonly used to say that an event still happen (will not be canceled) even if it rains; See also, come rain or come shineRate it:

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rain or shineRegardless of what the circumstances are, and how the weather is.Rate it:

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rain pitchforksTo rain heavily.Rate it:

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rain stopped playThe cessation of an activity or operation due to rain.Rate it:

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right as rainCorrect; factually accurate.Rate it:

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right as rainVery good; healthy.Rate it:

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right as rainright as rain expresses the truism. rain is from nature and a higher power, so therefore it has to be right because nature and the creator are never wrong!Rate it:

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the rain in spain stays mainly in the plainEnglish people use this phrase to try to "correct" people's accents to speak what they like to call "proper" English by changing the way words in this sentence are pronounced.Rate it:

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just a heavy dewLight rain or mist in IrelandRate it:

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black over Bill's mother'sDescribing rain-bearing dark clouds on the horizon.Rate it:

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it is raining cats and dogsThe cats and dogs are the rainRate it:

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petite pluie abat grand ventA little rain lays much dust; Often quite a trifle calms a torrent of wrath.Rate it:

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whip downTo rain heavily.Rate it:

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bucket downTo rain heavily.Rate it:

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chuck it downTo rain heavily.Rate it:

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flumen imbribus auctuma river swollen by the rain.Rate it:

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frog-stranglerA very heavy downpour of rain; toad-strangler.Rate it:

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il n'y a qu'à pleuvoirIt may happen to rain; What if it rains?Rate it:

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imber tenet (Liv. 23. 44. 6)the rain continues.Rate it:

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lash downTo rain heavily.Rate it:

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le temps est à la pluieIt looks like rain.Rate it:

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oppidum tormentis verberareto rain missiles on a town, bombard it.Rate it:

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pelt downTo rain heavily.Rate it:

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piss downTo rain heavily.Rate it:

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pleuvoir à verseto rain heavilyRate it:

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pleuvoir des cordesto rain heavily; to rain cats and dogsRate it:

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pleuvoir des hallebardesTo rain cats, dogs, and pitchforks.Rate it:

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pour downTo rain heavily.Rate it:

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s'il pleut le jour de st. médard, il pleut quarante jours plus tard. s'il pleut le jour de st. gervais, il pleut quarante jours après“St Swithin’s day, gif ye do rain For forty days will it remain.”Rate it:

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scotch mistfine rainRate it:

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toad-stranglerA very heavy downpour of rain.Rate it:

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wird es regnenis it going to rainRate it:

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