Where does the saying, "When it rains it pours" originate?
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Although the cliche could possibly trace it roots back to the 1700's (It cannot rain when it pours), it is the slogan for Morton Salt Company. The company developed a salt that would be free-running even in damp weather. In 1911, a little girl with an umbrella and her now-famous slogan, 'When It Rains It Pours,' were created to promote this new product in a national consumer advertising campaign. The Morton Umbrella Girl and slogan first appeared on the blue package of table salt in 1914.
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Aptly named because thunderstorms usually follow when the moisture reaches a certain level.  :)
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Back in the day of this sayings origin in old England, the common folk lived in homes with grass roofs.  The animals, cats and dogs would bed on and during colder weather in the grass roofs.  During a hard rain the animals would be washed off/out of the roof.  Hence the saying it's raining cats and dogs.
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No one really invented the word it evolved over time to come to mean what it does today\n\nc.1340, "discharge of semen other than during sex," later, "desecration, defilement" (1382), from L.L. pollutionem (nom. pollutio) "defilement," from L. polluere "to soil, defile, contaminate," from por- "before" + -luere "smear," related to lutum "mud," and to lues "filth" (cf. Gk. lyma "filth, dirt, disgrace," lymax "rubbish, refuse," O.Ir. loth "mud, dirt," Lith. lutynas "pool, puddle"). Sense of "contamination of the environment" first recorded c.1860, but not common until c.1955. Pollute (v.) is attested from c.1380 in sense "defile," from L. pollutus, pp. of polluere. Meaning "contaminate the environment" first recorded 1954. Pollutant is from 1892.
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Well, when it rains 360 days out of the year, what else would you call it ?
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Autumn is actually the more common name for this season worldwide, and comes from a french word, which derives from a Latin word, and that apparently from an Etruscan word. \n\nFall is more common in North American English now, although it used to be more common in general English. It comes from a shortening of the expressions "fall of the year" and  "fall of the leaf", as one might expect.\n\nWinter comes originally from Scanadanavian words for the season, and possibly is connected to the words for "water" and "white". \n\nSpring is a shortening of the expression "spring of the leaf" to describe the season a few hundred years ago. Before that, in English it was called Lent. \n\nSummer probably originally comes from the Sanskrit word for half year.
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when it rains, it pours.\n\nHope you don't live on/near a hillside.
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The rain falls on the just and the unjust alike.
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"It's been raining today"
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It comes from a song, written by Cole Porter 'Let's Do It':\n\n'And that's why birds do it, bees do it \nEven educated fleas do it \nLet's do it, let's fall in love'
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I have told my chidren this following story.When the world was made the land became dirty and all messy.One day God in heaven decided to clean it up.So he took some water from the ocean and began to sprinkle the world.When he thought it to be clean enough he added a beautiful rainbow.To show that the rain falling from above is a gift to us.Now I tell it to my grandchidren.
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It is not a poem. It is originally from the novel by Charles Dickens,  A Tale of Two Cities.  It is the opening sentence to the novel.  The actual quote is: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.   It is one of the most famous lines in all of literature and quoted very often.  I believe the sentence concerns the French Revolution.
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Let it snow\n\n But here in Texas,it's called,Let it rain,lol.
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it's the same phenomonon that causes rain
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The correct phrase reads:\n\nThe QUIET before the storm.  \n\nThis typically refers to pathetic fallacy (nature in sympathy with "man") and refers to the *LULL* of activity before events unfold in a dramatic (stormy) manner.
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St. Swithin's Day is celebrated world round on July 15th of each year. St. Swithin (or Swithun) was the Bishop of Winchester in the 7th century. It is a well known fact that if it rains on St. Swithin's Day, it will rain for the next 40 days. If it is clear, no rain will fall for 40 days. This fact was immortalized in G.F. Northall's epic 1892 poem:\n\nSt. Swithin's Day if thou dost rain, \nFor forty days it will remain; \nSt. Swithin's Day if thou be fair, \nFor forty days 'twill rain na mair
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Singing in the rain, Prayers for rain, Something sexy about the rain, Raindrops keep falling on my head, Only happy when it rains...and i'm sure there's more.  I like this game. : )\n\nI love it when it rains. : )