There are a couple of phrases the old folks used in Texas in the 50's that I still use. An especially heavy downpour is a 'regular goose drownder'. 'Crazy as a boar hog in a peach orchard' means unpredictable and possibly dangerous. (Windfall peaches ferment rapidly. Nature's own booze.) 'There's a dead cat on his line' means that things look bad for some one but you don't know what's wrong.