rain cats and dogs

Meaning

To rain very heavily.

Synonyms

pour
B2
rain buckets
rain pitchforks
rain dogs and cats
pelt
C2
stream
C1
bucket
B2
🪣
inundate
pair
B1
rain
B1
🌧️
shower
B1
🚿
soak
C2
teem
pour down
piss down
bucket down
chuck it down
beat down

the heavens open

completely
A2
deluge
29k
dull
B2
fall
A2
flood
C1
gush
35k
Translations

pleuvoir des cordes
piovere a catinelle
pleuvoir à verse
Bindfäden regnen
in Strömen regnen
llover a cántaros
pleuvoir des hallebardes
pleuvoir à boire debout
chover a cântaros

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pleuvoir comme vache qui pisse
aus allen Kannen gießen
ploure a bots i barrals
Etymology

Unknown, but see examples of early use in Citations.

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