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Thank you sooo much, tantalust. I never saw that L&H clip before. A long time burning question finally answered. You da man. (I had neglected to say in my original post that we touched noses also, just like in the clip!!)
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Originally Posted by RocketDawg
French in general sounds ... pretty. I suppose that's why is a romantic language (although that designation is because the Romance languages are derived from Latin, the language spoken by the Romans, not so much because they sound good).
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Originally Posted by Nomadicus
Raining cats and dogs
So, these two posts beg the question - what do the French say when it's raining heavily?
Il pleut des cordes. ("It's raining ropes")
Or, a much older expression, with a bit of history attached - Ca tombe comme a Gravelotte. ("It's falling like at Gravelotte") Gravelotte was a village in which the battle with the highest number of casualties of all the 19th century battles took place. 30,000 French and Prussian soldiers died. This was the war of 1870. RIP.
So, pretty language? Mais oui. But sometimes quite macabre as well.
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Thank you sooo much, tantalust. I never saw that L&H clip before. A long time burning question finally answered. You da man. (I had neglected to say in my original post that we touched noses also, just like in the clip!!)
So, these two posts beg the question - what do the French say when it's raining heavily?
Il pleut des cordes. ("It's raining ropes")
Or, a much older expression, with a bit of history attached - Ca tombe comme a Gravelotte. ("It's falling like at Gravelotte") Gravelotte was a village in which the battle with the highest number of casualties of all the 19th century battles took place. 30,000 French and Prussian soldiers died. This was the war of 1870. RIP.
So, pretty language? Mais oui. But sometimes quite macabre as well.
There is an expression that's common in French-speaking Canada (not really used in France) which is:
Il pleut à boire debout.
(It's raining so hard you can drink while standing up.)
il pleut des hallebardes - I vaguely remember this from Fr. 101 - this being a hard rain intermixed with hail, perhaps? It certainly sounds dramatic, no?
il pleut des hallebardes - I vaguely remember this from Fr. 101 - this being a hard rain intermixed with hail, perhaps? It certainly sounds dramatic, no?
comme vache qui pisse (yipes!)
There's a very similar cowboy expression that involves cows and flat rocks.
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(although that designation is because the Romance languages are derived from Latin, the language spoken by the Romans, not so much because they sound good).
La pluie en Espagne ...
