"The rain in Spain is mainly in the plain", repeated Eliza Doolittle in the film "My Fair Lady", trying to break her Cockney accent with speech exercises.
Do you want to see the rain in Seville? Have a look. Seville, today 10th of October, 8 a.m.
Chaos, flooded roads and traffic jams everywhere. Two hours and a half to drive my daily fifteen-minute journey to work. However it was not better by bus...
By the way, let´s learn some idioms related to the rain.
- To rain cats and dogs: llover a cántaros.
- To rain on (somebody´s) parade : aguar la fiesta.
- (as) right as rain: fresco como una rosa
- When it rains, it pours / it never rains but it pours: las desgracias nunca vienen solas.
- To take a raincheck: dejarlo para otro momento.
Steve: I’ll take a raincheck. I have an exam next Monday.
- To save for a rainy day: ahorrar para los tiempos de vacas flacas.
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