Pleasure and pain
idiom Slang
Cockney rhyming slang · East London
rain
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.
- 02
rain buckets
To rain heavily
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rain cats and dogs
To rain very heavily.
- 04
rain death
To cause severe harm or violence.
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rain dogs and cats
Alternative form of rain cats and dogs.
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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