Meaning of bottom falls out | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To fail; to collapse; to enter a state of disarray.
2. Used to indicate it is raining heavily as (or as if) the clouds are dumping all their moisture.

Examples

“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?”

“With the ten thousand dollars, I hired an office, printed circulars, distributed glowing accounts of imaginary wealth, etc. It cost considerable^([sic]) for advertising, but I sold seventy thousand shares, and when I had gathered in the money I let the bottom fall out.”

“But in the last four months, the bottom has fallen out of the job market, officials say.”

“The first major financial crisis occurred in Mexico, in December 1994, when the bottom fell out of the stock market […]”

“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.”

“[…] As it started to rain, we stopped and put on raincoats, before the bottom fell out, as is often the case in this locality.”

“Both looked again at the sky. 'By cacky!' Merlin said. The bottom's going to fall out in about two minutes. I'll just about make it to the office. He hurried away. […] rain spattered the sidewalk for a minute, and then the sky opened. All over the city rain crashed down […]”

“Harry looked at the sky and said, "Showers, my ass. In about an hour the bottom's going to fall out." The clouds were piling up now and the breeze had moved round to the south.”

“[…] rain. About a mile down the road, it started. At first it was a [little ...] Then, all of a sudden, the bottom fell out. The watery freight of the clouds released itself in those sheets of opaque gray that only southern summer storms can produce […]”

“Roxanne […] watched the rain pour off the sides of the funeral tent like a miniature Niagra Falls. The flood had started early that morning, tapering off as the mourners gathered at the gravesite before the bottom fell out again.”

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