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It's raining outside.
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Which means...
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It's a good time to talk about some rainy expressions.
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So today I have to go out and run some errands.
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And because it is raining outside, I thought this would be
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a good time to talk to you about four different rainy English expressions.
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The first one that I want to talk to you about is an idiom.
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And that idiom is...
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Now this is an idiom used to just say that it is raining outside.
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But usually it is talking about very heavy rain.
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When it's pouring down outside, you would say it's raining cats and dogs.
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And right now, it's not really raining cats and dogs, but
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it is kind of raining sideways, which kind of sucks.
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Boy sure is raining cats and dogs.
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When it's raining cats and dogs outside, and the rain...
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Is that aright. Just...raining cats and dogs there. I just soon not go back in it.
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Coming down like cats and dogs.
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The next rainy expression is...
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And this just means to say or do something that ruins somebody's plans.
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So for example, maybe you are very excited about seeing a movie and then
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your friend, who has seen the movie, tells you it's really bad.
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And now you're just not as excited about it because your friend rained on your parade.
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So, it's not good to rain on somebody's parade.
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Try not to do it.
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Hey, don't rain on my parade.
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Junior, nobody's raining on your parade. I'm just keeping an eye on her for a while.
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Don't rain on my parade, okay. Because I'm living my dream.
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Hate to rain on your parade pal, but we thought we'd even the odds.
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Hey man, I don't want to rain on your parade but we're not going to last 17 hours.
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The next one that I want to tell you about is an expression.
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And that expression is...
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And this just means that when something happens, it is
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immediately followed by something else.
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And usually it's talking about something bad or negative.
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So for example, say that you get into a car accident.
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And then right after that you learn that your home was broken into.
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And those are two bad things.
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And you could say, "You know. When it rains it pours."
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And it can also be used to talk about things that are positive as well.
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When two things happen one right after the other.
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When it rains it pours.
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When it rains it pours. Let's get you cleaned up and home.
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When it rains it pours.
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When it rains it pours, huh.
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When it rains it pours.
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The final rainy expression is...
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And this just means to keep something, usually something of value.
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And that's usually money.
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And you are saving it for a time when it is
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really, really, really...absolutely needed.
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And you must have it. You save it for a rainy day.
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So set some aside. Save it for a rainy day.
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I was...I was going to save this for a rainy day.
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Jesus! My mom taught me to save for rainy day.
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Save it for a rainy day.
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So there you have it. Those are four English expressions that have to do with the rain.
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So now, we'd like to hear from you.
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And in the comments, let us know what you like to do when it is raining outside.
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Usually I like to stay in and watch some movies.
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But today I had to go out and get a few things from the grocery store.
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So, let us know what you like to do. We love hearing from you guys.
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Thanks for watching, and we'll see you next time.