Sentence examples of "pleuvoir des cordes" in French

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Dès que j'ai quitté la maison, il a commencé à pleuvoir des cordes. I had no sooner left the house than it began to rain hard.
Il pleut des cordes ce soir. It is raining hard tonight.
Un parapluie est utile quand il ne pleut pas beaucoup, mais quand il pleut des cordes il n'a que peu d'utilité. An umbrella is useful in a mild rain, but when it rains cats and dogs an umbrella is of little help.
Il a plu des cordes hier matin. It rained hard yesterday morning.
Je m'y rendrai, même s'il pleut des cordes. I'll go even if it rains heavily.
Il pleut des cordes dehors. It's raining buckets outside.
Il pleuvait des cordes, mais elle insista pour aller faire un tour en voiture. It was raining hard, but she insisted on going for a drive.
Il pleut des cordes. It's raining cats and dogs.
Il y a des cordes tout autour de l'endroit. Ropes surround the place.
Les critiques ne cessent de pleuvoir sur le renforcement des restrictions économiques. Critics are coming down hard on tightened economic restrictions.
Si, par le plus grand des hasards, il devait pleuvoir, il ne viendrait pas. If by any chance it should rain, he won't come.
Ce n'est pas dans mes cordes It's not my line
Ce magazine est à destination des adolescents. That magazine is aimed at teenagers.
Je pense qu'il va pleuvoir bientôt. I think that it's going to rain soon.
Le Mahjong est un des jeux les plus intéressants. Mahjong is one of the most interesting games.
Tom ne pense pas qu'il va pleuvoir demain. Tom doesn't think that it'll rain tomorrow.
Elle me fait souvent des blagues. She would often play tricks on me.
Alors que je marchais il a commencé à pleuvoir. As I was walking, it began to rain.
En anglais, il y a des mots qui proviennent du japonais. In English there are some words borrowed from Japanese.
Il s'est mis à pleuvoir pile poil quand j'ai voulu sortir. It would rain just when I wanted to go out.
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