English
Etymology
Possibly derived from cases where small fish, frogs, etc. have been reported to be deposited in rainstorms. Some cases are documented in Weird, Weird Rain; they may or may not be true, but the expression derives from the belief, not the fact.
Verb
en-verb|inf=to rain cats and dogs|rains cats and dogs|raining cats and dogs|rained cats and dogs
- idiom To rain very heavily.
Synonyms
bucket, bucket down
chuck it down
rain buckets
rain pitchforks
pelt
piss down italbrac|coarse slang
pour
stream
teem
Translations
trans-top|to rain very heavily
Catalan: ploure a bots i barrals
Dutch: pijpenstelen regenen, regenen dat het giet
Finnish: t-|fi|sataa kaatamalla, t-|fi|sataa äkäisiä ämmiä äkeet selässä, t-|fi|sataa kuin saavista kaataen
French: t-|fr|pleuvoir des cordes, t-|fr|pleuvoir à verse, t-|fr|pleuvoir des hallebardes, t-|fr|pleuvoir comme vache qui pisse, t-|fr|pleuvoir à boire debout, qualifier|Belgium t+|fr|dracher
German: t+|de|Bindfäden regnen, t-|de|in Strömen regnen, t-|de|aus allen Kannen gie�en, t-|de|aus allen Kannen schütten
Italian: t-|it|piovere a catinelle
Interlingua: pluver torrentialmente
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Norwegian: t-|no|høljeregne
Polish: t-|pl|leje jak z cebra
Portuguese: qualifier|Portugal t-|pt|chover a cântaros, qualifier|Portugal t-|pt|chover a potes, t-|pt|chover torrencialmente, qualifier|Brazil t-|pt|cair um toró
Romanian: t-|ro|a ploua cu g�leata
Russian: t-|ru|ли�� как из вед�а|trlit� kak iz v'edrá|scCyrl
Spanish: t-|es|llover a cántaros
Swedish: t-|sv|ösregna, t-|sv|spöregna, t-|sv|stå som spön i backen
Vietnamese: tr�i mưa như trút
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de:rain cats and dogs
fr:rain cats and dogs
gl:rain cats and dogs
pl:rain cats and dogs
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