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How's about that rain?
Meaning
- A conversational filler focused on heavy precipitation. It is used to express disbelief at the volume of water or to commiserate about being stuck indoors.
Casual, conversational
Used in a sentence
- We sat on the porch watching the storm, and he said, how's about that rain?
- I got soaked walking to the store, and the clerk said, how's about that rain?
- The flood warnings were on the news, and they remarked, how's about that rain?
The backstory
This is a common colloquialism derived from asking about the weather. It replaces the standard how about with the folksier how's about.
Heard in
Midwest, The South
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