表現一段動詞
to rain on one side only (and leave the other side dry)
慣用句
昨日の嵐は、山を境に馬の背を分けたようで、こちら側は全く雨が降らなかった。
- Yesterday's storm seemed to divide the ridge of the mountain as a boundary, and it didn't rain at all on this side.
急な雷雨で、通りを隔てて片側だけが濡れており、まるで馬の背を分けたかのようだった。
- Due to a sudden thunderstorm, only one side of the street was wet, as if it had split the back of a horse.