raining pitchforks
Pouring extremely hard
Raining pitchforks describes extremely heavy rain—a vivid intensification of "raining cats and dogs." The image suggests rain so fierce and driving it could impale you: We got caught in a storm—it was raining pitchforks out there.
Sometimes extended to raining pitchforks and hammer handles.
The expression is folksy and somewhat old-fashioned.
- thunderStorm's acoustic aftermath
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
- prongPointed projecting part
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- ironElement twenty-six
dark clouds · cloudburst · pitchfork · crash · torrent · tines · heavy · deluge · downpour · rainsquall · pelting · tempest · metal · soaking · bolt from the blue · slam · buckets · danger
raining pitchforksdrizzle
Very light precipitation
drizzling · sprinkling · light rain · misting · sprinkle
raining pitchforkssunny
Bright with daylight
fair weather · clear skies · balmy · cloudless · calm
rain, rains, rained, rainy, raining, rainiest, rainfall, raindrop, rainwater