Kyle Palmeradded a comment 8 лет назад
It is pouring with rain outside.
pouring rain
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ольга однобоковаasked for translation 8 лет назад
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 лет назад
'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 лет назад
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 лет назад
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 лет назад
Aha! I didn't know they said that. You learn something new every day :-)