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.
See also:
  • 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