a (real) toad-strangler

A particularly heavy or torrential downpour of rain. (Chiefly heard in the southern United States.) It's a real toad-strangler out there today—looks like we'll have to have our barbecue another day. There's no way I'm biking to work in a toad-strangler like this!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Manlio	-	Italian
Raakel	RAH:-kel	Finnish
JosÉPhine	zho-ze-FEEN	French
Sharmaine	shahr-MAYN	English (Rare)
Ellie	EL-ee	English
Filippa	fee-LIP-pah (Swedish)	Russian, Greek, Swedish, Italian