Mexican car wash

English

Noun

Mexican car wash (plural Mexican car washes)

  1. (US, slang, humorous) The "washing" of a motor vehicle by a rainstorm.
    • 1996, Annie Proulx, Accordion Crimes:
      […] and they could hear the rough sound, could hear too the first strikes of rain as though called down by the music.
      "My car's gonna get a Mexican car wash," said Buddy.
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