rain buckets

present singular third person rains buckets · participle present raining buckets · participle past rained buckets · past rained buckets

1. idiomaticTo rain heavily

   It was still raining buckets when he stepped into his house, even though the worst seemed almost over.

   2018, Andrea Camilleri, The Pyramid of Mud, Penguin Books, page 167

   1 more example

   After lunching, Caesar went out to post some cards, and as it was raining buckets, he took refuge in the arcades of the Piazza Esedra

   1923, Pío Baroja, Caesar or Nothing

   Synonyms: rain cats and dogs