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[Summer Wine]

I heard a weather song for elementary and they used the following expressions:

Get Downpour
In like a lamb out like a lion

along with common ones my country uses like:

its freezing
Hot and humid

Are they common expressions in America or Canada? I have never heard them before.

I have heard have a downpour or will be a downpour.

[warmachinenkorea]

[T-J]

March, in like a lion, out like a lamb. Is a common one I'm familiar with.

[Andro]

I've heard 'March, in like a lion, out like a lamb' in Louisiana. When I heard it, I did a double-take.

[Summer Wine]

Ok, that makes sense then.

Its not being used in the correct sentence. You really need to learn it as a set of expressions then.

[Steve_Rogers2008]

[oldfatfarang]

"Get downpour" sounds pure Konglish to me (I only know English English).

That's right up there with a co-teacher who once sidelined one of my lessons and proceeded to teach the kids: "Let's Post Office."

[daskalos]

[schwa]

Common expression in central Canada re: march, applied either way depending on how the month starts.

In like a lion, out like a lamb.
In like a lamb, out like a lion.

[sesyeux]

i've never heard the lion thing before. it's weird that these expressions are being taught. what happened to 'it's raining cats and dogs'?

[oldfatfarang]

[crossmr]

[Summer Wine]

Ok, so its definitely a North American expression. I wasn't sure and didn't want to state anything about it until I knew more.

Thanks all, I have now been educated.

I tend to try and teach both North American and Commonwealth spelling and expressions incase they run into either of them. Though I am more conversant with Commonwealth expressions and spelling than North American.

[pangaea]

Yeah, "get downpour" sounds like Konglish. You could say, "Yesterday we had a downpour" or "Tomorrow we are supposed to get a downpour." Sometimes it's also used as a verb, as in, "It downpoured this afternoon." Not saying that the use is grammatically correct and the word "downpour" may be a word that is used only in certain regions. Now that I think about it, I'm not sure it's an official word at all. Looking at the English language objectively reminds me of how strange it can be.

[Ralphie]

Re.: OP's query about the expression...I think "lion" and "lamb" could be used in either context, because it depends on the weather at the beginning and the end of March.

"In like a lion, out like a lamb." -->meaning: blast of cold, winter-like weather at beginning of March followed by warm, spring-like weather at end of March.

"In like a lamb, out like a lion." -->meaning: warm, spring-like weather at beginning of March followed by blast of cold, winter-like weather at end of March.