Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

like a cow pissing on a flat rock

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables: like a -cow piss-ing on a flat rock
IPA

47

Scrabble Score

26

Letters

3

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Heavily; copiously (and often loudly).

American usage

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"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. Nel and Danny got into the pickup truck and followed the trail of black ooze, all the way down ..."
"It was pouring like a cow pissing on a flat rock. Would he show? She didn't know if he would or not, but the cows still had to be fed. Heaving herself out of bed, she threw on her rattiest jeans and a baggy tee and trudged out to the rain-soaked pastures, […]"

Etymology

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

Usage

American usage

Phrases

like a cow on a flat rock

Frequently Paired Words

like a cow on a flat rock

Questions

What does like a cow pissing on a flat rock mean?: Heavily; copiously (and often loudly).
Where does like a cow pissing on a flat rock come from?: Compare piss down, piss it down, and French pleuvoir comme vache qui pisse (“rain like a pissing cow”).

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