rain stair-rods
rain stair-rods
old-fashioned To rain extremely heavily. Primarily heard in UK. We've been preparing for this match for weeks, but I heard it's going to be raining stair-rods tomorrow. We were looking forward to sunny skies in Portugal, but it rained stair-rods the whole time we were there.
See also: rain
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- good on (someone)
- good on you
- good on you!
- chip
- chips
- not a sausage
- up on (one's) ear
- What's (something) when it's at home?
- take to the tall timber(s)
- cloth ears