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We really needed this rain
Meaning
- A standard comment when it starts raining after a dry spell. It serves as the quintessential small-talk filler for farmers and gardeners.
Relieved, wholesome
Used in a sentence
- The garden was looking thirsty, we really needed this rain.
- I know it's gloomy, but we really needed this rain for the crops.
- Finally, the dry spell is over, we really needed this rain.
The backstory
Born from the necessity of agriculture. When the soil is dry, rain is treated as a gift from above.
Heard in
Midwest, The South
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