"piovere come Dio la manda" meaning in Italian

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Verb

Forms: piòvere come Dio la manda [canonical], piòve come Dio la manda [present, singular, third-person], piòvve come Dio la manda [historic, past, singular, third-person], piovùto come Dio la manda [participle, past], èssere [auxiliary], avére [auxiliary]
Etymology: Literally, “rain as God sends it”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|rain as God sends it}} “rain as God sends it”, {{lit|rain as God sends it}} Literally, “rain as God sends it” Head templates: {{it-verb|e:a\@.impers|head=~manda􂀿:re􂁀}} piòvere come Dio la manda (impersonal, third-person singular present piòve come Dio la manda, third-person singular past historic piòvve come Dio la manda, past participle piovùto come Dio la manda, auxiliary èssere or avére)
  1. (simile) to rain cats and dogs (to rain very heavily) Tags: impersonal Synonyms: piovere a catinelle, piovere che Dio la manda
    Sense id: en-piovere_come_Dio_la_manda-it-verb-X6KMk0Ku Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian similes

Alternative forms

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