Tell me about a time you got caught in the rain without an umbrella. What happened?

A natural way to answer

It happened a few weeks ago. I'd left my umbrella at the office, and on the walk home a sudden shower started. The sky just opened up and within a minute I was soaked to the bone. I ended up sheltering under a shop awning until it passed.

Key phrases to use

• caught out — taken by surprise by something, often the weather, when you weren't prepared“I got caught out by the rain because I didn't check the forecast.”
• opened up — (of the sky) suddenly started raining very heavily“We'd barely sat down for the picnic when the sky opened up.”
• soaked to the bone — extremely wet, with the water having gone right through your clothes“We were soaked to the bone by the time the bus came.”