Idiom Academy | 3 Idioms about Rain
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In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Xochitl and Jack discuss three idioms related to rain.
Transcript:
Jack
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Jack
Welcome to the A-Z English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm here with my co-host social. And today we are in the Idiom Academy and we have 3 idioms social what is what's our first one?
Xochitl
Our first idiom is it's raining cats and dogs.
Jack
Oh yeah, sure.
Xochitl
What does that mean, Jack?
Jack
Well, it means that uh, cats and dogs are are just falling from the sky for some reason. No, what it means is that it's raining very, very hard out there outside.
Jack
So we, you know it's it's it's kind of an old idiom cause I can just picture like my grandfather or my dad saying, you know, like we're going outside to go in the car and it's oh, it's raining cats and dogs out there, you know. So we.
Xochitl
Yeah.
Jack
It's it's, it's.
Jack
One of the the dumbest like idiots like we have.
Jack
But it's so.
Xochitl
Yes, weird.
Jack
Common like people use it still all the.
Xochitl
Yeah, it's kind of not like it's a very nonsensical one. Like why? I don't know if it's just because, like, when it rained really hard you. I don't know what the etymology is, which means like the origin. I really like origin is I think it's just like the slamming sound, maybe of rain. It's like a cat.
Xochitl
Fell from your roof or something on? I don't know, so.
Xochitl
I'm not sure it's not.
Jack
I mean it it it, yeah.
Jack
You could just any two nouns could be like it's raining bowl bowling balls and toaster ovens. You know, like it it could be it. It makes as much sense as, you know, cats and dogs so.
Xochitl
Right, yes.
Xochitl
Yeah, but for some reason we we chose cats and dogs. So like this thing.
발표자 3
Yeah.
Jack
Yeah, we chose cats and dogs. We have to live.
Jack
With it, yeah.
Xochitl
It's pouring. It's pouring. So which brings us to our next idiom. When it rains, it pours. Jack what?
Jack
Yeah.
Xochitl
That means only rain.
Jack
Ohh this one I I like this one because like it's like when you when you get a little bit busy you get really busy. You know it seems like like you you you'll you'll go like weeks without any anything and then all of a sudden you have 20 things that you have to do. You know it's like.
Jack
It just kind of, you know? Yeah, it's just like when it rains, it pours it a lot of rain comes, you know. But when there's nothing that nothing is happening.
Xochitl
Right.
Xochitl
When it rains, it pours. Or what's the other one? It can also mean when something bad.
Xochitl
Happens that a lot of bad things happen, like let's say ohh you know I was. I was doing fine. Let's let's been fine. And then I broke my thumb and then my mom broke her leg and then we owe hospital bills and now?
Xochitl
The hospital or out of our pain medication.
Xochitl
Then and then my dad got in a car crash on his way.
Xochitl
To.
Xochitl
Pick us up. It's not a bad thing.
Jack
Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's just like, yeah, yeah.
Xochitl
It's kind of how it is. It's like if I don't know if you ever noticed, it's like one bad thing happens and then a bunch of bad thing happened. Happen. Bad things happen. Yeah.
Jack
Well, it's like.
Jack
It's like it's like, uh, you know?
Jack
A guy sitting at home and his girlfriend just broke up with him.
Jack
And then he's, like, checks his e-mail. He got fired from his job, and he's and he gets a phone call. His grandmother passed away, you know, or something. And it's just like one after the other, after the other. It's like when it rains.
Xochitl
Yeah.
Jack
It pours, yeah.
Xochitl
Yeah. And then the other one is, uh, take a rain check. Jack, this one has only fascinated me because I don't think I understood what this meant. And I was like a teenager, so.
Jack
I think I may still not know it. I mean, I know what it means, but I I'm not sure. Like what? Why they?
Xochitl
Why? I guess maybe.
Xochitl
Because if it's raining, well, tell them what it means and I'll then I'll give you my idea about that apology.
Jack
Yeah. So let's say for example, let's say you, you, you said to me like, hey, Jack, let's, let's grab lunch on Tuesday. And I'm like, oh, I have a meeting on Tuesday. So can I take a rain check?
Jack
And a rain check just means can we? Can we change the date to a future time, but an unknown future time. So we will have lunch together. It's just we don't know when it's going to happen in the future. So you know, we have to make a a a a plan.
발표자
Right.
Xochitl
Right. This means, yeah, let let's leave it for the future at some point.
발표자 3
Yeah.
Jack
Yeah, it's kind of like it's kind of like saying it's it's kind of different than saying no, you know, I'm busy because it's kind of like saying.
Xochitl
Yeah.
Xochitl
Playing later or something.
Jack
Yeah. Well, it's it's like, it's nice. It's like a nice way to say like I want to spend time with you. I want to do this. I just can't do it at that time that you said, you know.
Xochitl
Like. Yeah, it's like it's nicer than maybe later. Like maybe later. It's like no later for sure. Later, for sure. You wanna do this? But.
Jack
And so.
Jack
Yeah, maybe later is what we call blowing someone off. Basically, yeah.
Xochitl
Yeah. Yeah. So it's not maybe later. It's like later for sure. I I do want to hang out with you. I just can't. Unfortunately, at that time. So yeah. Yeah. So it's it's a nice way to say to say that.
Jack
Right, exactly.
Jack
Take a rain check.
Xochitl
And yeah, all right, since if you have anymore questions about these idioms or any more idioms, make sure to leave us a comment down below at A-Z English podcast. Shoot us an e-mail at at AZ englishpodcast@gmail.com.
Xochitl
And make sure that you join the lead channel WhatsApp groups to talk to us directly. I would love to see and hear you guys using these idioms. I think it would be really fun. And of course if you're able to Jack and I have now started an English corner.
Jack
Yep.
Xochitl
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발표자 3
Yep.
Xochitl
Corner and you can do that through our WeChat group and. And so we will see you guys next time. And again thank you so much for sticking with us through the podcast. We really appreciate your support and we'll see you guys next time. Bye bye.
발표자 3
Bye bye bye.
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