Idiom
make it rain
Meaning
To bring prosperity or work to an enterprise by selling, inventing or other productive or successful activity.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Our new product is a success and really makes it rain.”
“You make it rain for the store when you bring in new customers.”
“The sales team closed three major deals this week, which will definitely make it rain for the company.”
“After the lead developer invented that new software feature, she started to make it rain for the firm by attracting thousands of paying subscribers.”
“By securing the exclusive international distribution contract, the startup finally made it rain, ensuring long-term financial stability for all its employees.”
Examples
simple
“Our new product is a success and really makes it rain.”
“You make it rain for the store when you bring in new customers.”
contextual
“The sales team closed three major deals this week, which will definitely make it rain for the company.”
“After the lead developer invented that new software feature, she started to make it rain for the firm by attracting thousands of paying subscribers.”
complex
“By securing the exclusive international distribution contract, the startup finally made it rain, ensuring long-term financial stability for all its employees.”
Origin
The term originates as a slang expression for the act of throwing large quantities of cash over dancers in a club, an action intended to simulate a heavy downpour of currency.
It draws from the earlier noun rainmaker, used in the literal sense for a medicine man who seeks to induce precipitation, and in the figurative sense for an individual possessing the ability to generate significant business.
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