Jun 28, 2015 · Hi all, what is the idiomatic, everyday way to say that the rain is really small, like a mist? Do the following work? "The rain is really small." "There was a small rain this morning." …

Jun 23, 2021 · Rain is an amount of water. There can be a small amount (a little rain) or a large amount (a lot of rain). I was in a hurry this morning so I only had time to drink a little coffee. I …

Jun 11, 2009 · I have trouble describing rain of different intensities. 1.Very thin, sparse drops for less than five minutes which will not force us to take cover. 2. Small drops fall for a few …

Mar 26, 2008 · Mist suggests a more static state (the cloud of tiny water droplets suspended rather than falling) and is, according to Merriam-Webster approaching the form of rain, but it's …

Aug 2, 2007 · To explain why not... If you say "the rain is getting smaller" it would mean that each individual drop of rain had less size than those that came before it.

Mar 6, 2008 · Western wind, when will thou blow, The small rain down can rain? Christ, if my love were in my arms And I in my bed again! What does the underlined sentence mean? Does it …

Sep 1, 2018 · Hello, everyone. It was raining heavily for the last two hours. After two hours of the heavy rain , the rain turned small. It is still raining but the rain is now small. According to the …

Dec 2, 2014 · It is raining heavily. After an hour, the raining getting smaller and lighter. The raining is getting smaller. Can the smaller use for describe the heavy rain became lighter rain?

Jan 27, 2019 · To me 'rain which falls in a small amount' is a shower. "Drip drip drip" sounds like a literary artifice.

Feb 2, 2025 · Hello, everyone. I know we can say "it rained suddenly," but can suddenly be used with the present continuous tense? Like the sentence in the topic: It is raining suddenly. Thank …