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 It usually rains where it's already wet.

—German

The heaviest rains fall on the house that leaks most.

—Japanese

Clouds that thunder seldom rain.

—Indian

A learned man without work is a cloud without rain.

—Arabic

A hyena is used to persistent rains.

—African

It's raining pipestems.

—Dutch

Ye'll no sell your hen in a rainy day.

—Scottish

 It never rains, but it pours.

—English

Crystal rain falls from black clouds.

—Persian

The elephant does not know when it rains.

—Thai

Run away from rain and you get hail.

—Yiddish

When God pleases, it rains with every wind.

—Spanish

If it rains on the pastor it drops on the vicar.

—French

How beautiful to watch the rain and not get wet.

—Mexican

He who is not beaten by the sun or the rain will eventually be beaten by hunger.

—African

A blind man hears rain and thinks of death. The deaf man sees rain and hears nothing.

—Russian

After rain, comes raincoat.

—Hungarian

Whether it rains or stops raining, the lentils have two eyes.

—Ethiopian

He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain.

—Chinese

Sun is for cucumbers, rain for rice.

—Vietnamese

If you spit in the face of a coward he’ll tell you it’s raining.

—Lebanese

You cannot slice the rain’s throat with a knife.

—Russian

 If it rained macaroni, what a fine time for gluttons.

—Italian

When it rains porridge the beggar has no spoon.

—Danish

 

If it were ever to rain soup, the poor would only have forks.

—Brazilian

 If a dog's prayers were answered, bones would rain from the skies.

—German

 A guest is like rain: when he lingers on, he becomes a nuisance.

—Yiddish

Like bamboo shoots after rain.

—Chinese

Gold rain drops on a foreign country, whereas rain of stones drops on our country, but our country is better.

—Malay

A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain.

—Arabic

Raindrops come heavy on a house unthatched.

—Gaelic

When it rains the outhouse overflows.

—Russian

When it rains in August, it rains honey and wine.

—Spanish

Those that dislike cats will be carried to the cemetery in the rain.

—Dutch

On a rainy day many offer to water the chickens.

—Armenian

He who marries on a rainy day will be happy for the rest of his life.

—French

The umbrella was made for rainy days, the white man uses it for the sun.

—Jamaican

Just as the earth, after a long drought, pants for rain, so the workers of the world pant for unification.

—Russian

If you own two houses, it's raining in one of them.

—Corsican

If you live in a mud hut, beware of the rain.

—African

A fool stands always in the rain.

—Polish

The owl is mourning, rain is coming.

—Gaelic

Loving someone that does not love you is like loving the rain that falls in the forest.

—African

When it's raining and the sun shines - then a Turk is born.

—Maltese

The leopard that covers its black spots with dust solution will truly be exposed when the rain season comes.

—African

A meeting in sunlight is lucky, and a burying in the rain.

—Irish

Life is like this: sometimes sun, sometimes rain.

—Fijian

 Blessed are the dead that the rain rains on.

—Portuguese

Death is like rain, it will come when it comes.

—Russian

Carry fire in one hand and rain in the other.

—Lithuanian

 Let your love be like the misty rain, coming softly, but flooding the river.

—African

Rain does not stay in the sky.

—Finnish

When it rains and the sun comes out, foxes make love.

—Corsican

When the cat washes its face, you know it's going to rain.

—Sicilian

The rain that is going to fall will not wet you.

—Dominican

It is marginally better to be covered in rain than in shit.

—Russian

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