like a cow pissing on a flat rock

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Meaning · English

Heavily; copiously (and often loudly).

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Nhiều; ầm ĩ

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Register: vulgar

Where it’s used: Used American English

Examples

It poured like a cow pissing on a flat rock. Summer thunderstorm in a Catskill cattle pasture with 350,000 Mud People standing in it. Aerosmith was supposed to play at midnight, but midnight came and went.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “like a cow pissing on a flat rock” mean?

Heavily; copiously (and often loudly).

Is “like a cow pissing on a flat rock” formal or informal?

like a cow pissing on a flat rock is generally vulgar.