When it’s raining very heavily, you say, “It’s raining ________.”
| CATS AND DOGS | 711 |
| PITCHFORKS | 114 |
| HARD | 76 |
| PITCHFORKS AND NIGGER BABIES | 30 |
| BUCKETS | 24 |
| FROGS | 23 |
| BULLFROGS | 20 |
| NR | 20 |
| TOADFROGS | 19 |
| PITCHFORKS AND HAMMER HANDLES | 14 |
| LIKE HELL | 13 |
| POURING DOWN | 11 |
| NIGGER BABIES | 10 |
| TORRENTS | 10 |
| POURING | 9 |
| DOGS AND CATS | 8 |
| DOWN BULLFROGS | 7 |
| LIKE CATS AND DOGS | 7 |
| BUCKETSFUL | 6 |
| BY THE BUCKETS | 6 |
| IN TORRENTS | 6 |
| PITCHFORKS AND HOE HANDLES | 6 |
| LIKE THE DEVIL | 4 |
| PITCHFORKS AND BULLFROGS | 4 |
| PITCHFORKS AND SAWLOGS | 4 |
| TADPOLES | 4 |
| VERY HARD | 4 |
| BUCKETFULS | 3 |
| COMING DOWN IN BUCKETS | 3 |
| DOWN TADPOLES | 3 |
| DOWNPOUR | 3 |
| FLOOD | 3 |
| IN BUCKETS | 3 |
| LIKE A COW PISSING ON A FLAT ROCK | 3 |
| LIKE MAD | 3 |
| POURING DOWN RAIN | 3 |
| TOADS | 3 |
| CATS AND DOGS AND NIGGER BABIES | 2 |
| CLOUDBURST | 2 |
| DAFFODILS | 2 |
| DOWN FROGS | 2 |
| DOWN PITCHFORKS | 2 |
| FISH | 2 |
| FROGS AND TADPOLES | 2 |
| GULLY WASHER | 2 |
| HEAVY | 2 |
| IN SHEETS | 2 |
| LITTLE FISHES | 2 |
| LITTLE FROGS | 2 |
| PITCHFORKS AND DARNING-NEEDLES | 2 |
| PITCHFORKS AND GRINDSTONES | 2 |
| PITCHFORKS AND HAMMERHEADS | 2 |
| REALLY COMING DOWN | 2 |
| STEADILY | 2 |
| TO BEAT HELL | 2 |
| BLACK CATS | 1 |
| BOTTOM | 1 |
| BOTTOM’S FELL OUT | 1 |
| BRICKBATS | 1 |
| BRIMSTONES | 1 |
| BY BUCKETSFUL | 1 |
| BY THE BUCKET | 1 |
| BY THE BUCKETFUL | 1 |
| CAME DOWN BY THE BUCKETS | 1 |
| CAME DOWN IN SHEETS | 1 |
| CATS | 1 |
| CATS AND BATS | 1 |
| CATS AND DOGS AND FROGS | 1 |
| CATS AND DOGS AND LITTLE NIGGER BABIES | 1 |
| CATS AND FROGS | 1 |
| “CATS, DOGS, AND NIGGER BABIES” | 1 |
| COME DOWN IN BUCKETSFUL | 1 |
| COME UP | 1 |
| COMING DOWN IN PAILS | 1 |
| COMING DOWN IN SHEETS | 1 |
| DAMN HARD | 1 |
| DEVIL AND PITCHFORKS | 1 |
| DIDN’T SHE COME DOWN | 1 |
| DOGS | 1 |
| DOWN BRIMSTONE | 1 |
| DOWN BULL YEARLINGS | 1 |
| DOWN FISH | 1 |
| DOWN FISHES | 1 |
| DOWN MONKEYS | 1 |
| DOWN NIGGER BABIES | 1 |
| DOWN TOADFROGS | 1 |
| FALLING BY BUCKETSFUL | 1 |
| FIERCE | 1 |
| FISH DOWN | 1 |
| FISHWORMS | 1 |
| FROGS AND HAPPY TOADS | 1 |
| HAILING TAXICABS | 1 |
| HAILSTONES | 1 |
| HAMMER HANDLES | 1 |
| HAMMER HANDLES AND PITCHFORKS | 1 |
| HARDER THAN HELL | 1 |
| HARDER THAN PITCHFORKS | 1 |
| HEAVENS BROKE LOOSE | 1 |
| HEAVENS OPENED | 1 |
| HEAVILY | 1 |
| HOGS | 1 |
| HOPPY TOADS | 1 |
| HOP-TOADS | 1 |
| HORSESHOE NAILS | 1 |
| HUMP-TOADS | 1 |
| IT’S A-POURING DOWN RAIN | 1 |
| JUST POURING DOWN | 1 |
| KNIVES AND FORKS | 1 |
| LIGHTWOOD-KNOT FLOATER | 1 |
| LIKE A BASTARD | 1 |
| LIKE A COW PEEING ON A FLAT ROCK | 1 |
| LIKE CATS AND PAJAMAS | 1 |
| LIKE CATS FIGHTING | 1 |
| LIKE DOGS AND CATS | 1 |
| LIKE HECK | 1 |
| LIKE NOBODY’S BUSINESS | 1 |
| LIKE PITCHFORKS | 1 |
| LIKE SUDS | 1 |
| LYE SUDS | 1 |
| NH | 1 |
| NIGGER BABIES AND PITCHFORKS | 1 |
| NIGGERS AND CATS | 1 |
| PITCHFORKS AND ANGLEWORMS | 1 |
| PITCHFORKS AND BARN SHOVELS | 1 |
| PITCHFORKS AND BRIMSTONE | 1 |
| PITCHFORKS AND BULL YEARLINGS | 1 |
| PITCHFORKS AND HAY BALES | 1 |
| PITCHFORKS AND LITTLE NIGGER BABIES | 1 |
| PITCHFORKS AND PEAVY HANDLES | 1 |
| PITCHFORKS AND SAWED HANDLES | 1 |
| PITCHFORKS AND SAWHOOKS | 1 |
| PITCHFORKS AND SHOVELS | 1 |
| PITCHFORKS AND SOMETHING ELSE | 1 |
| PITCHFORKS AND TADPOLES | 1 |
| PITCHFORKS AND TINES DOWN | 1 |
| PITCHFORKS TINES DOWNWARD | 1 |
| PITCHFORKS WITH THE TINES DOWN | 1 |
| POURED DOWN | 1 |
| POURED DOWN WITH BUCKETS | 1 |
| POURING BUCKETS | 1 |
| POURING DOWN CATS AND DOGS | 1 |
| POURING DOWN TADPOLES | 1 |
| POURING IN TORRENTS | 1 |
| PRESSING DOWN | 1 |
| PUPPYDOG TAILS | 1 |
| PUPPYDOGS AND NIGGER BABIES | 1 |
| RAIN FAST | 1 |
| RAIN LIKE CATS AND DOGS | 1 |
| RAINDROPS AS BIG AS A HEN’S EGG | 1 |
| RAINING AND POURING | 1 |
| REAL HARD | 1 |
| REALLY POURING DOWN | 1 |
| SHEETS | 1 |
| SKIES MUSTA BUST | 1 |
| SNAILS AND PUPPYDOG TAILS | 1 |
| SOME HARD OUT THERE | 1 |
| SOMEBODY PULLED A ZIPPER | 1 |
| SPANISH SOLDIERS | 1 |
| STEADY | 1 |
| STRAIGHT DOWN | 1 |
| STRONG | 1 |
| SUNS | 1 |
| SURE HAVING A DOWNPOUR | 1 |
| TADPOLES AND FROGS | 1 |
| TILL IT SMOKES | 1 |
| TO BEAT THE CARS | 1 |
| TOADS AND FROGS | 1 |
| TOADS AND PITCHFORKS | 1 |
| TOMCATS AND NIGGER BABIES | 1 |
| TUBFULS | 1 |
| UP A STORM | 1 |
| VERY HEAVY | 1 |
| VIOLETS | 1 |
| WATER | 1 |
| WHIRLWIND | 1 |
| WORMS | 1 |
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