Raining buckets
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Pouring down heavily, a deluge.
Origin
From 19th-century Britain, tied to bucket spills; slang by 1880s for downpours. An 1884 'Pall Mall Gazette' uses it for a gale.
Usage Examples
- It's raining buckets; grab an umbrella!
- Raining buckets all day; roads are swamps.
- The sky opened, raining buckets on us.
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