Raining cats and dogs.

[aous02]

Besides 'raining cats and dogs'? What can we say? Do these sentences convey the meaning? Are they correct? Do you know any other?
" It's pouring (down) (with rain)".
"It's throwing it down.
"The heavens opened"
"It's lashing"
"rain is bouncing off the ground".
"It's pelting"
"The rain's not taking its time"
"It's like a monsoon out there"

[Anglika]

Besides 'raining cats and dogs'? What can we say? Do these sentences convey the meaning? Are they correct? Do you know any other?
" It's pouring (down) (with rain)".
"It's throwing it down.
"The heavens opened"
"It's lashing"
"rain is bouncing off the ground".
"It's pelting"
"The rain's not taking its time"
"It's like a monsoon out there"

Three more for you:

It's chucking it down
It's p***ing with rain
Good weather for ducks

[aous02]

Thank you.
But are you sure whether the above sentence are all used

[aous02]

Thank you.
But, are you sure that the above sentences are all used

[Anglika]

Why would you think they were not?

[Barb_D]

Don't use the p-one in the U.S., though. It's not used here, and people could think it a little rude.

[Tdol]

In the UK, it's common enough and wouldn't really be regarded as rude, more colloquial.

[BobK]

Another one: 'coming down in stair-rods' - probably UK only. I've heard people say this who have never seen a stair-rod (a fitting - now obsolete*- for attaching a carpet to a staircase).

b

* At least, I haven't seen one for years, except in a very old house.

[BobK]

And another; I heard this yesterday. It was a Scot talking, but I think I've heard it from a Sassenach as well.

'It's hosing down.'

b