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devil's beating his wife

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables
dev-il's beat-ing his wife
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
3
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Said when it rains while the sun is shining; that is, when a sun shower occurs.

Inflected Forms

the devil's beating his wife (canonical) devil is beating his wife (alternative)

Phrases

the old woman is plucking her goose

Frequently Paired Words

the old woman is plucking her goose

Synonyms

devil is kissing his wife devil is beating his wife and marrying his daughter monkey's wedding

Questions

What does devil's beating his wife mean?
Said when it rains while the sun is shining; that is, when a sun shower occurs.

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