the heavens opened

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the heavens opened (literary)

something that you say which means it started to rain a lot Suddenly, the heavens opened and we all had to run indoors.

See also: heaven, open

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The Liverpool striker claimed the 34th goal of his senior international career before the heavens opened at the Ullevaal Stadium and the Scandinavians threatened to end Giovanni Trapattoni's unbeaten run as Ireland boss. Keane and Co ride out the storm by Birmingham Mail (England) Monmouth's Lucy and the rest of the men's eights were spared a drenching as racing was halted while they were boating in near darkness - unlike the GB women who were on the start and had to race back the full 2,000mas the heavens opened. One down, two to go for rower James in Beijing by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) Back in 2002, Rahul Dravid hit 217 before eventually being run out by Ashley Giles, while Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly also contributed valuable scores over 50, but the match ultimately finished as a draw when the heavens opened and the last day was washed out. PICK OF THE DAY; Live Test Cricket (Sky Sports 1, 10.30am) by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)			the grand old man of The grass is always greener The grass is always greener on the other side the grass roots the graveyard shift the gravy train the greasy pole the great and the good the great unwashed The greater the truth, the greater the libel the greatest thing since sliced bread the green-eyed monster the Grim Reaper the groves of academe the hair of the dog the halcyon days The hand that rocks the cradle The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world the hang of the happy event the hard sell the hard stuff the head honcho the hearts and minds of the heat is on the heavens opened the height of The hell you say! the here and now the high ground the high sign the highways and byways the hind end of creation the holy of holies the home straight the home stretch The honeymoon is over the hot ticket the icing on the cake the in thing the ins and outs the ins and outs of the Ivy League the jewel in the crown the joke's on the joker in the pack the jury is out the jury is still out the kiss of death the knives are out the land of milk and honey			The Health Economics and Outcomes Research Institute The Health Industry Council The Health Informatics Service The Health Insurance Group The Health Network Company The Health Occupation Reporting Network The Health Store The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey The HealthCare Group The Healthy Pet Gourmet The Hearing Care Centre The Hearing Foundation of Canada The Hearst Corporation The Heart Center of Indiana The Heart Institute for Children The Heart of Darkness The Heart of Dixie The Heart of Dixie The Heart of Dixie The heartland The heartland The Heartland Institute the hearts and minds of The Heat and Warmth Fund The Heat Is On The heathen The Heaven and Earth Experience the heavens opened The Heavy Lift Group The Heavy Pets The Heavy Stuff The Hebrew University The Hebrides The Hebrides The hegira the height of The Height of Callousness The Height of Rudeness The Heist the hell out the hell out The hell you say! The Hellenic Republic The Hellenic Republic The Hellz Kitchen Show The Help Centre of Northumberland The Helpful Hands Foundation The Hemangioma Treatment Foundation The Hemp and Cannabis Foundation The Hemp Trading Company The Henderson Robb Group The Henry Clay People The Henry Ford The Heptarchy The Heptarchy The Heptarchy

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