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Idiom
It’s raining cats and dogs
Meaning: it is raining very heavily.
- Example
- “Take an umbrella. It’s raining cats and dogs out there!”
Cats, dogs, trolls, chair legs, wheelbarrows. One truth: it’s pouring!
How other nations say it
Norway · NorwegianDet regner trollkjerringerLiterally: It’s raining troll women.
Greece · GreekΒρέχει καρεκλοπόδαραvréchei kareklopódaraLiterally: It’s raining chair legs.
Czechia · CzechPadají trakařeLiterally: Wheelbarrows are falling.
Sources
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