Pissing on a flat rock

I suspect that you would hear this more often from a person raised in a rural setting who has seen it , and most often among men, particularly men who are accustomed to using rough language. George French , Mar 5, Can I use the following phrase to describe it: It is only after thinking about it that I cottoned on to the complete image, for which no equivalent exists among the English expressions that I know. If you want to be disgusting and puzzling at the same time, you can say it, and if you want people to wonder about your background. It's certainly something I will be using in the right circumstances, thanks ExpatCat. It might be used in mixed company, but would be intended to clearly establish the narrator as a rough, rural, plain-spoken character - a cowboy or cowgirl.

It's raining like a cow peeing on a flat rock. If you want to be disgusting and puzzling at the same time, you can say it, and if you want people to wonder about your background. My problem is that it's a very long time since I saw a cow peeing anywhere, let alone on a flat rock, so I had to think very hard about that and then found myself wondering why a cow would be standing on a flat rock and how very little rain resembles a stream of urine. Yes, my password is: I suppose it's a humorous reference, right? But I'd be puzzled if I heard it - "a cow peeing" would conjure up the mental image of a single stream of urine, and I wouldn't be able to associate that with rain.

Copyright , Mar 5, My problem is that it's a very long time since I saw a cow peeing anywhere, let alone on a flat rock, so I had to think very hard about that and then found myself wondering why a cow would be standing on a flat rock and how very little rain resembles a stream of urine. It is very "colorful" vernacular, and best suited for very informal and single-sex occasions. It might be used in mixed company, but would be intended to clearly establish the narrator as a rough, rural, plain-spoken character - a cowboy or cowgirl. JamesM , Mar 5,