Raining cats and dogs
Idiom in English used to describe heavy rain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The English-language idiom "raining cats and dogs" or "raining dogs and cats" is used to describe particularly heavy rain. It is of unknown etymology and is not necessarily related to the raining animals phenomenon.[1] The phrase (with "polecats" instead of "cats") has been used at least since the 17th century.[2][3]
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