a (real) frog-strangler

a (real) frog-strangler

A particularly heavy or torrential downpour of rain. (Chiefly heard in the southern United States.) It's a real frog-strangler out there today—looks like we'll have to have our barbecue another day. There's no way I'm biking to work in a frog-strangler like this!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • strangler
  • a (real) toad-strangler
  • choker
  • a (real) frog-choker
  • a (real) toad-choker
  • the heavens open
  • the heavens opened
  • rain pitchforks
  • galvanize (one) into action
  • galvanize into action