come down in buckets

come down in buckets

Of rain, to pour down heavily and at great length. It started coming down in buckets just as I began cycling home.
See also: bucket, come, down
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • bucket down
  • close down
  • close down and shut down
  • chuck (something) down
  • chuck it down
  • come a gutser
  • bounce up and down
  • come down with
  • be down to (one)
  • be down to somebody/something