pleasure and pain
rain
“I forgot my umbrella in the pleasure and pain.”
“We were walking home from the cinema when the pleasure and pain started falling heavily on us.”
“The old man sat by the window, watching the pleasure and pain wash the dust from the empty streets during the long afternoon storm.”
Both a matter of pleasure for gardeners and pain for sufferers from rheumatism.
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make it rain
To bring prosperity or work to an enterprise by selling, inventing or other productive or successful activity.
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rain buckets
To rain heavily
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rain cats and dogs
To rain very heavily.
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rain death
To cause severe harm or violence.
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rain down
To appear suddenly or inexplicably in large numbers.
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rain fire and brimstone
To send horror or destruction.
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rain off
to cancel (an event) due to excessive rain
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rain on someone's parade
To spoil someone's celebration.
Last updated June 7, 2026