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An older expression that I haven't heard for years is "It's raining pitchforks."

When I first moved to Oregon some years ago, I heard the phrase: "it's raining pitchforks and n*gger babies." Let me tell you, I was outraged and gave the person who said that a scolding!!

He was a man in his late 60's and just didn't understand why I thought it was wrong.