Talk:like a cow on a flat rock

The most common expression seems to be [rain, pour, etc] like a cow pissing on a flat rock, but later I found that this form like a cow on a flat rock where piss is not part of the simile (but may be the sentence's verb) also exists, although it's less common. Then I also found a few hits which use something else instead of like, so maybe the kernel is a cow on a flat rock? But that seems even rarer and would require awkwardly redefining it as a noun...

• 1961, Tom Wicker, The Judgment: A Novel, page 59:

  […] it was symbolic; pissing in the middle of the bowl, loud and common as a cow on a flat rock.

• 2018, R.J. Blain, No Kitten Around: A Magical Romantic Comedy (with a body count):

  "No smoke means no fire, and even if there was a fire, it's pissing worse than a cow on a flat rock out there.” Lightning illuminated the sky, and I craned my neck for a better look at the clouds, whistling at the churning clouds.

- -sche (discuss) 06:55, 19 September 2022 (UTC)