"līt kā pa Jāņiem" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Latvian]

IPA: /lîːt kâː pa jāːɲiem/ Audio: lv-riga-līt kā pa Jāņiem.ogg
Etymology: The literal meaning is “to rain like during Jāņi (Midsummer festivities),” a holiday as important as Christmas, commonly associated with outdoors activities, during which heavy rain is expected. Head templates: {{head|lv|verb}} līt kā pa Jāņiem
  1. (idiomatic) to come down in sheets, to come down in buckets Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-līt_kā_pa_Jāņiem-lv-verb-pbXBv-GK Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "text": "[l]atviešiem jau ir teiciens — līst kā pa Jāņiem (..) [t]ie jau nebūtu nekādi Jāņi, ja nelītu lietus ― latvians have a saying after all — it's raining like during Jāņi (~ Midsummer festivities) it wouldn't be any Jāņi without rain",
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        {
          "text": "[š]opavasar, kad Parīzē neierasti līst kā pa Jāņiem, šie divi “cilvēki kulisēs” sazvanās gandrīz vai piecas reizes dienā, lai pārliecinātos, “ka viss norit gludi” ― this spring, when unusually for Paris it is raining like during Jāņi, these two “insiders” are calling up each other almost five times a day to make sure that “everything is going smoothly”",
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        {
          "text": "[ā]rā līst (..) \"[k]ā pa Jāņiem\", gribas sacīt, bet ir jūlija beigas (..) ― it's raining outside (..) \"like during Jāņi\" one wants to proclaim, it's the end of July though (..)",
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        },
        {
          "text": "[š]opavasar, kad Parīzē neierasti līst kā pa Jāņiem, šie divi “cilvēki kulisēs” sazvanās gandrīz vai piecas reizes dienā, lai pārliecinātos, “ka viss norit gludi” ― this spring, when unusually for Paris it is raining like during Jāņi, these two “insiders” are calling up each other almost five times a day to make sure that “everything is going smoothly”",
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          "text": "[ā]rā līst (..) \"[k]ā pa Jāņiem\", gribas sacīt, bet ir jūlija beigas (..) ― it's raining outside (..) \"like during Jāņi\" one wants to proclaim, it's the end of July though (..)",
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