Pouring with rain

samsong7 | 10:16 Wed 18th Jul 2007 | Home & Garden

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What phrase do people use to describe rain. Apart from the usual Pouring with rain, Raining cats and dogs, Pelting it down, P*ssing it down, teaming with rain. What term do you use?

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Ethel

It's puddling.

Thunderbird+

chucking it down, bucketing, but one that always amused me was- coming down like stair-rods.

nightmare

In certain parts of Yorkshire, we say it is SILING down

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Hi Nightmare
Just checked your word, SILING, and guess what? there is no such word. This is the reason I posted this question, to find out how many regional words to describe rain are actually made up words.Fascinating !!

ruthann58

here it comes a blxxdy again

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