devil's beating his wife

English[edit]

(Southern US) Said when it rains while the sun is shining; that is, when a sunshower occurs.

interjection uttered when it rains while the sun is shining — See also translations at sun shower

Afrikaans: jakkals trou met wolf se vrou (af) (literally “jackal is marrying wolf's wife”)
Catalan: lo diable tupa la dona (literally “the Devil is beating his wife”) (Mallorca), plou i fa sol, les bruixes es pentinen (literally “it rains and the sun shines, the witches are combing themselves”)
Dutch: het is kermis in de hel (literally “it is a fair in hell”)
Finnish: ketut kylpevät (literally “the foxes are bathing”)
French: le diable bat sa femme et marie sa fille (fr) (literally “the Devil is beating his wife and marrying his daughter”)
German: Frau Holle hat Kirmes (literally “Mother Holle is having a fair”)
Hungarian: veri az ördög a feleségét (literally the same as in English)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: eyda guran e (literally “The wolves are celebrating”), daweta gur û rovî (ku) (literally “Wedding of a wolf and a fox”)
Portuguese: sol e chuva casamento de viúva (literally “sun and rain widow's wedding”), chuva e sol casamento de espanhol (literally “rain and sun Spaniard's wedding”)