rain cats and dogs
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rain cats and dogs
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verb rains cats and dogs · raining cats and dogs · rained cats and dogs · rain dogs and cats
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To rain very heavily.
["]Those weather-gaws aren't out for nothing. It'll rain cats and dogs to-morrow." Marigold wondered what weather-gaws were—and then forgot in thinking how interesting it would be in it really rained cats and dogs. Little silk-eared kittens everywhere by the basketful—loads of darling pudgy puppies.
Similar: bucket, bucket down, chuck it down, come down cats and dogs, rain buckets, rain pitchforks, pelt, piss down, piss it down, pour, pour cats and dogs, storm cats and dogs
Translations
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verb to rain very heavily
| Español | llover a cántaros, llover a mares, caer chuzos de punta, chaparrear, jarrear, llover reciamente |
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| 한국어 | 비가 억수같이 내리다 bi-ga eoksu-gachi naerida |
| 日本語 | 土砂降りになる doshaburi ni naru |
| 中文 | 暴雨如注, 傾盆大雨 /倾盆大雨 qīngpéndàyǔ |
| Português | o céu vir abaixo, chover a cântaros, chover a potes, cair um toró, chover canivetes, chover canivete |
| Français | pleuvoir des cordes, pleuvoir à verse, pleuvoir des hallebardes, pleuvoir à boire debout, dracher, pleuvoir à seaux |
| Deutsch | Bindfäden regnen |
| Italiano | piovere a catinelle, diluviare, scrosciare, piovere come Dio la manda |
| Ελληνικά | βρέχει με το τουλούμι vréchei me to touloúmi, ρίχνει καρεκλοπόδαρα ríchnei kareklopódara, ρίχνει καντάρια ríchnei kantária |
| Română | ploua cu găleata |
| Русский | лить как из ведра́ litʹ kak iz vedrá |
| Tiếng Việt | (trời) mưa xối xả, (trời) mưa như trút |
| العربية | أَمْطَرَ بِغَزَارَة ʔamṭara bi-ḡazāra |
Talk about this word "rain cats and dogs." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rain%20cats%20and%20dogs. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. rain cats and dogs. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/rain%20cats%20and%20dogs "rain cats and dogs." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/rain%20cats%20and%20dogs.Cite this
@misc{rain_cats_and_dogs_2026,
title = {rain cats and dogs},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rain%20cats%20and%20dogs},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
