a (real) toad-choker
a (real) toad-choker
A particularly heavy or torrential downpour of rain. (Chiefly heard in the southern United States.) It's a real toad-choker 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 toad-choker like this!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- a (real) frog-choker
- choker
- a (real) toad-strangler
- strangler
- a (real) frog-strangler
- the heavens open
- the heavens opened
- rain pitchforks
- galvanize
- galvanize into action