bottom falls out

短语
中文释义

英文释义

短语
  1. Something fails, collapses, or enters a state of disarray.
    — Dear Brother, I cannot tell what is become of my labours among that people: If all that my Lord builded by me be caſten down, & the bottom fallen out of the profeſſion of that parish, […] how can I bear it?
  2. It is raining heavily, as (or as if) the clouds are dumping all their moisture.
    — To start with, it rained every day as if the bottom would fall out. When morning came the sky would be clear, but around noon it would start raining and rain until midnight.
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