it is raining pitchforks

it is raining pitchforks
амер.; разг.
≈ льёт как из ведра, идёт проливной дождь; см. тж. the rain comes down in torrents

When the ground was dry, he scanned every floating cloud before he descended into the mine at noon and hoped that it might be raining pitchforks when he came up again. (J. Conroy, ‘The Disinherited’, part 7, ch. VIII) — Когда земля трескалась от зноя, он, перед тем как в полдень спуститься в шахту, вглядывался в каждое облачко на небе, надеясь, что, когда он снова выйдет на поверхность, дождь будет лить как из ведра.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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