1 B1 idiomatic slang
To rain very heavily (emphatic form with dummy 'it').
"I left my umbrella at home and now it's pissing it down — typical!"
piss it down
B1 slang intransitive
To rain extremely heavily (emphatic British slang variant).
In plain English
It is raining very, very hard.
What does "piss it down" mean?
One main meaning — here's how to use it.
Literal vs figurative
Words literally mean
To urinate 'it' downward — a more emphatic version of the rain-as-urination metaphor.
Actually means
It is raining very, very hard.
Usage tip
Exclusively British English. The 'it' is a dummy pronoun (like in 'it is raining') and carries no referential meaning. Used for emphasis. Always in continuous form: 'it's pissing it down'. Vulgar — informal contexts only.
Words that pair with "piss it down"
Natural word combinations native speakers use most often.
rain outside weather umbrella forecast
How to conjugate "piss it down"
The five tense forms you'll use most often.
Base
piss it down
I/you/we/they
3rd person
pisses it down
he/she/it
Past simple
pissed it down
yesterday
Past participle
pissed it down
have + pp
-ing form
pissing it down
continuous
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