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дождь льёт как из ведра stresses
gen.	it rains cats and dogs; the rain is pouring; rain falls in sheets (Technical); it rains apace; it pours; it is pouring with rain; it pours down; it is raining cats and dogs
amer.	it rains cats and chicken coops; it rains cats and darning-needles; it rains cats and hammer handles; it rains cats and pitchforks
amer., Makarov.	it rains pitchforks
inf.	it's pouring (Val_Ships)
Makarov.	it rains chicken coops; it rains darning-needles; it rains hammer handles; it rained hard; the rain is coming down in sheets; it is showering; it's teeming with rain
дождь лил как из ведра
gen.	it rained to beat the band; it was raining like sin
Makarov.	rain was sluicing down; rain was streaming down in torrents; the rain was streaming down in torrents; the rain came down in buckets; the rain fell in torrents
дождь льёт, как из ведра
gen.	it's raining cats and dogs
austral.	raining cats and dogs
Gruzovik, proverb	it's raining cats and dogs
Дождь льёт как из ведра
idiom.	it's throwing it down (VLZ_58)

дождь льёт как из ведра: 7 phrases in 3 subjects

American usage, not spelling	1
General	2
Makarov	4