Meaning: overwhelmingly heavy rain or other overwhelming circumstance
Rewrite 1: a real guppy gusher Rewrite 2: a real worm drowner Rewrite 3: a real line snapper Rewrite 4: a real bag burster
Comment: The idiom here suggests that the rain is so heavy it could overwhelm even an amphibian used to living in or near water. It could be used to suggest other things that might overwhelm something otherwise at home in that environment. So, a rewrite should fit in that sense. A recast could take an opposite tack or simply suggest a different kind of overwhelming circumstance.
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