rain stair-rods

old-fashioned To rain extremely heavily. Primarily heard in UK. We've been preparing for this match for weeks, but I heard it's going to be raining stair-rods tomorrow. We were looking forward to sunny skies in Portugal, but it rained stair-rods the whole time we were there.

See also: rain

See also:

good on (someone)
good on you
good on you!
mate
not a sausage
up on (one's) ear
What's (something) when it's at home?
take to the tall timber(s)
cloth ears
telegraph

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