Bucketing down In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "bucketing down", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Zelda Thuong calendar 2021-06-11 06:06

Meaning of Bucketing down (redirected from bucket down )

Synonyms:

poured with rain , (rain) cats and dogs

Bucket down British informal

To rain heavily and at great length

Where are you going to go? It's bucketing down out there.

The weather forecast says tomorrow it will bucket down, so we may have to cancel our picnic.

Other phrases about:

Lovely Weather for Ducks

Rainy, wet weather

the heavens opened

If the heavens open, it starts to rain heavily.

It's not the heat, it's the humidity

Used to mean that it is the high humidity that makes a person uncomfortable rather than the degree of heat

(as) hot as the dickens

Intensely hot and irritated

Grammar and Usage of Bucket down

Verb Forms

  • bucketed down
  • bucketing down
  • buckets down

The verb "bucket" should be conjugated according to its tense.

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