make it rain
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.
“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.”
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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absence makes the heart grow fonder
One feels more love or affection for those one loves when parted from them.
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cannot make it
Cannot reach satisfactory or expected standards or do something competently; describes someone in a hopeless situation.
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doctors make the worst patients
It is difficult to advise people on subjects that they are experts on.
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enough to make a cat laugh
Very outlandish or outrageous.
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enough to make the angels weep
Something so distressing that it causes one to lose hope and faith.
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fine feathers make fine birds
Something that appears beautiful or good is by definition beautiful or good.
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have it made
To have accomplished all there is to do; to have no further work or difficulty.
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it takes all kinds to make a world
Diversity is essential: the world would be incomplete if everyone were alike; an expression of surprise at a person or people's eccentricity.
Last updated August 10, 2026