| 单词 | to rain pitchforks |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto rain pitchforks 2. Chiefly U.S. to rain pitchforks and variants: to rain very hard.In quot. 1815, as an expression of improbability. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > rain falls [verb (intransitive)] > rain heavily ropec1450 to ding down1554 to come down1597 to ding onc1650 to rain cats and dogs1661 sile1703 pour1737 teem1753 pepper1767 flood1813 to rain pitchforks1815 rash1824 spate1853 bucket1926 tipplea1930 piss1948 1815 D. Humphreys Yankey in Eng. 55 I'll be even with you, if it rains pitchforks—tines downwards. 1850 J. R. Planché Island of Jewels ii. iii. 31 Rain cats and dogs, or pitchforks perpendicular, The sky's not mine, and need'nt be particular. 1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel i. 77 Outside it was raining pitchforks. 1940 M. Fishback Time for Quick One 77 It's raining cats and dogs And pitchforks and assorted frogs. 1994 R. Hendrickson Happy Trails 192 Raining pitchforks and bull yearlings. A term used in Texas for raining very heavily. 2004 Girls' Life (Nexis) Dec. 56 When you wake up each a.m., make a firm decision to have a good day. Even if it's raining pitchforks and hammer handles. < as lemmas |
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