choker

a (real) frog-choker

A particularly heavy or torrential downpour of rain. (Chiefly heard in the southern United States.) It's a real frog-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 frog-choker like this!

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.

choker

1. n. a cigarette; a cigarette butt. Put that damn choker out in my house!
2. n. a necktie. Hey, Tom! That’s a classy new choker you’re wearing!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • a (real) frog-choker
  • a (real) toad-choker
  • a (real) frog-strangler
  • strangler
  • a (real) toad-strangler
  • the heavens open
  • the heavens opened
  • rain pitchforks
  • galvanize (one) into action
  • galvanize into action
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