The rain is not heavy/not

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We should say 'the rain is heavy' instead of 'big'.

A: Is the rain heavy?
B: Not big.

Is 'not big' natural in the above context?


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No, it's wrong. The adjective 'big' can rarely collocate with 'rain'.

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