bottom falls out

Definitions

1. 1

   Something fails, collapses, or enters a state of disarray.

   • 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?
   • But in the last four months, the bottom has fallen out of the job market, officials say.
2. 2

   It is raining heavily, as (or as if) the clouds are dumping all their moisture.

   • 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.

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