How to say “heavy rain” in English
3 phrases · Tourist, Learner, and Local levels · with pronunciation
It's raining very hard.
💡 Simple intensifier
It's pouring out there, stay inside if you can.
💡 Natural warning sentence
It's coming down in buckets - absolute madness out there!
💡 coming down in buckets = heavy rain idiom
About these English phrases
These English weather phrases cover three levels of fluency for expressing heavy rain conditions. The Tourist phrase is what any beginner can use immediately. The Learner phrase sounds natural in everyday conversation. The Local phrase uses authentic idioms and expressions that native speakers actually use — the kind of phrase that makes locals smile when they hear a foreigner use it.
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