rain buckets
English
editEtymology
editFrom figurative sense of pouring from buckets.
Verb
editrain 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
editTranslations
editto rain heavily — see rain cats and dogs