Kyle Palmeradded a comment 8 years ago
It is pouring with rain outside.
pouring rain
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ольга однобоковаasked for translation 8 years ago
How to translate? (ru-en)
За окном - сильный дождь. Перевести на английский
User translations (4)
- 1.
it's pouring out
translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍Gold ru-en2 - 2.
It is raining cats and dogs.
translation added by Elena AbashkinaBronze ru-en0 - 3.
За окном - сильный дождь.
EditedIt is pouring with rain outside.
translation added by Paddington BearGold ru-en0 - 4.
It's heavy raining out now
translation added by Екатерина Елагина0
Discussion (5)
Paddington Bearadded a comment 8 years ago
'pouring rain' is a heavy rain, it's a noun preceded by an adjective.
Tom stood me up and I had to wait in the pouring rain for hours!
'pouring with rain' is a fixed expression, which strikes as me as a bit superflous, but well...
It's been pouring with rain all day, I hope we're in for a change!
⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 8 years ago
Nastya, POURING is actually a participle - a verbal adjectival. Furthermore, "pouring WITH rain" is not idiomatic, we say "it's pouring rain."
Paddington Bearadded a comment 8 years ago
Uly, this discussion actually shows subtle difference between US and British version of English. In England we do say "it is pouring WITH rain".
You are absolutely right about Participle though :)
⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 8 years ago
Aha! I didn't know they said that. You learn something new every day :-)