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like a cow pissing on a flat rock

like a cow pissing on a flat rock adverb: heavily; copiously (and often loudly).

Adverb

like a cow pissing on a flat rock (not comparable)

  1. (US, vulgar) Heavily; copiously (and often loudly).
    • It poured like a cow pissing on a flat rock. Summer thunderstorm in a Catskill cattle pasture with 350,000 Mud People standing in it. Aerosmith was supposed to play at midnight, but midnight came and went.1994, Albert Watson, Woodstock '94: the book, St Martins Pr, →ISBN
    • We hadn't gone a mile before it started to rain, light tentative drops at first, like unsure messengers. Then the lightning started and rent open the clouds. It came down like a cow pissing on a flat rock. We had no slickers and were soon soaked.2004, James Corwin, A Grizzly Way to Die, →ISBN

Examples of like a cow pissing on a flat rock in a sentence

  • Rita's car was an old Plymouth Fury that, despite the meticulous attention given to its lubrication system, leaked oil like a cow pissing on a flat rock.2014, Barbara Hall, Close to Home: A Novel, Open Road Media, →ISBN:
  • It was pouring like a cow pissing on a flat rock.2016, Victoria Vane, Beauty and the Bull Rider, Lyrical Shine, →ISBN:

Origin of like a cow pissing on a flat rock

Compare piss down, piss it down, and French pleuvoir comme vache qui pisse (“rain like a pissing cow”).

Questions about like a cow pissing on a flat rock

What does like a cow pissing on a flat rock mean?
Like a cow pissing on a flat rock means heavily; copiously (and often loudly).
How do you use like a cow pissing on a flat rock in a sentence?
Rita's car was an old Plymouth Fury that, despite the meticulous attention given to its lubrication system, leaked oil like a cow pissing on a flat rock.
What part of speech is like a cow pissing on a flat rock?
Like a cow pissing on a flat rock is an adverb.

Words near like a cow pissing on a flat rock in the dictionary

  1. like a chicken with its head cut off
  2. like a chicken with its head off
  3. like a chicken with no head
  4. like a chicken with the pip
  5. like a cow on a flat rock
  6. like a cow pissing on a flat rock
  7. like a demon
  8. like a dog after a bone
  9. like a dog in heat
  10. like a dog on heat
  11. like a dog with a bone

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