rain cats and dogs

To rain extremely heavily. We were so disappointed that it rained cats and dogs for our whole vacation in Hawaii. We wanted to have a barbecue this weekend, but it's been raining cats and dogs since Friday evening.

See also: and, cat, dog, rain

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

rain cats and dogs

Fig. to rain very hard. It's raining cats and dogs. Look at it pour! I'm not going out in that storm. It's raining cats and dogs.

See also: and, cat, dog, rain

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

rain cats and dogs

Also, rain buckets. Rain very heavily, as in It was raining cats and dogs so I couldn't walk to the store, or It's been raining buckets all day. The precise allusion in the first term, which dates from the mid-1600s, has been lost, but it probably refers to gutters overflowing with debris that included sewage, garbage, and dead animals. Richard Brome used a version of this idiom in his play The City Wit (c. 1652), where a character pretending a knowledge of Latin translates wholly by ear, " Regna bitque/and it shall rain, Dogmata Polla Sophon/dogs and polecats and so forth." The variant presumably alludes to rain heavy enough to fill pails.

See also: and, cat, dog, rain

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

rain cats and dogs

rain very hard.

Despite much speculation, there is no consensus as to the origin of rain cats and dogs . Suggestions range from the supernatural (cats being associated with witches who were credited with raising storms, dogs being attendants upon Odin, the Scandinavian storm god) to the down-to-earth (animals in medieval times drowning in flooded streets in times of heavy rain and their bodies being assumed by the credulous to have fallen from the skies). Other versions of the saying are rain pitchforks and, in Britain, rain stair rods , which date from the early 19th century and mid 20th century respectively, and reflect the shaft-like appearance of heavy rain. Rain cats and dogs is first recorded in Jonathan Swift's Polite Conversation ( 1738 ).

See also: and, cat, dog, rain

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

rain cats and ˈdogs

(also rain ˈbuckets) (informal) (usually used in progressive tenses) rain very heavily: We can’t possibly play golf today. It’s raining cats and dogs out there. It’s been raining buckets all morning.The expression ‘raining cats and dogs’ may come from Norse mythology. Cats were supposed to have an influence over the weather, while dogs were the signal of storms.

See also: and, cat, dog, rain

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

rain cats and dogs

Informal

To rain very heavily.

See also: and, cat, dog, rain

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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释义	rain cats and dogs rain cats and dogs To rain extremely heavily. We were so disappointed that it rained cats and dogs for our whole vacation in Hawaii. We wanted to have a barbecue this weekend, but it's been raining cats and dogs since Friday evening. See also: and, cat, dog, rain Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. rain cats and dogs Fig. to rain very hard. It's raining cats and dogs. Look at it pour! I'm not going out in that storm. It's raining cats and dogs. See also: and, cat, dog, rain McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. rain cats and dogs Also, rain buckets. Rain very heavily, as in It was raining cats and dogs so I couldn't walk to the store, or It's been raining buckets all day. The precise allusion in the first term, which dates from the mid-1600s, has been lost, but it probably refers to gutters overflowing with debris that included sewage, garbage, and dead animals. Richard Brome used a version of this idiom in his play The City Wit (c. 1652), where a character pretending a knowledge of Latin translates wholly by ear, " Regna bitque/and it shall rain, Dogmata Polla Sophon/dogs and polecats and so forth." The variant presumably alludes to rain heavy enough to fill pails. See also: and, cat, dog, rain The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. rain cats and dogs rain very hard. Despite much speculation, there is no consensus as to the origin of rain cats and dogs . Suggestions range from the supernatural (cats being associated with witches who were credited with raising storms, dogs being attendants upon Odin, the Scandinavian storm god) to the down-to-earth (animals in medieval times drowning in flooded streets in times of heavy rain and their bodies being assumed by the credulous to have fallen from the skies). Other versions of the saying are rain pitchforks and, in Britain, rain stair rods , which date from the early 19th century and mid 20th century respectively, and reflect the shaft-like appearance of heavy rain. Rain cats and dogs is first recorded in Jonathan Swift's Polite Conversation ( 1738 ). See also: and, cat, dog, rain Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary rain cats and ˈdogs (also rain ˈbuckets) (informal) (usually used in progressive tenses) rain very heavily: We can’t possibly play golf today. It’s raining cats and dogs out there. It’s been raining buckets all morning.The expression ‘raining cats and dogs’ may come from Norse mythology. Cats were supposed to have an influence over the weather, while dogs were the signal of storms. See also: and, cat, dog, rain Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary rain cats and dogs Informal To rain very heavily. See also: and, cat, dog, rain American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. See also: it's raining cats and dogs raining cats and dogs, it's rain pitchforks rain be rained in rained in be rained out all in all rain on someone's parade, to in general
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