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Il pleut comme vache qui pisse

Meaning: It's pouring down — a crude, vivid way to say the rain is coming down extremely hard.

Language: French

Literally: It rains like a cow that pisses

Category: Nature

Origin: A rustic French expression from farm life, comparing a heavy downpour to the forceful stream of a urinating cow.

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