rain buckets
English
Etymology
From figurative sense of pouring from buckets.
Verb
rain buckets (third-person singular simple present rains buckets, present participle raining buckets, simple past and past participle rained buckets)
- 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
Synonyms
Translations
to rain heavily — see rain cats and dogs