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Phrase

rain dogs and cats

1. ( idiomatic ) To rain very heavily.

Usage Note

Rarely used. The term rain cats and dogs is current usage.

Quotations

• 1651 - Henry Vaughan, Olor Iscanus (1651).

  The Pedlars of our age have business yet,

  And gladly would against the Fayr-day fit

  Themselves with such a Roofe, that can secure

  Their Wares from Dogs and Cats rain'd in showre.

• 1672 - Maurice Atkins, Minor Burlesques and Travesties (1672)

  Where e're I went on Land or water

  Hee'd make a shift to follow after.

  Neither had he flincht a foot, had fates

  Made it rain down dogs and cats

• 1678 - John Phillips, Maronides (1678)

  When it rains Dogs and Cats in Hell,

  The shelter'd Centaurs roar and yell;

Other Translations for "rain dogs and cats"

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