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rain dogs and cats
To rain very heavily.

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  • rain cats and dogs — verb rain heavily Put on your rain coat it s pouring outside! • Syn: ↑pour, ↑pelt, ↑stream, ↑rain buckets • Derivationally related forms: ↑pelter (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • rain — {{11}}rain (n.) O.E. regn, from P.Gmc. *regna (Cf. O.S. regan, O.N. regn, O.Fris. rein, M.Du. reghen, Ger. regen, Goth. rign rain ), with no certain cognates outside Germanic, unless it is from a presumed PIE *reg moist, wet, which may be the… …   Etymology dictionary

  • rain cats and dogs — or[rain buckets] or[rain pitchforks] {v. phr.}, {informal} To rain very hard; come down in torrents. * /In the middle of the picnic it started to rain cats and dogs, and everybody got soaked./ * /Terry looked out of the window and said, It s… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • rain cats and dogs — or[rain buckets] or[rain pitchforks] {v. phr.}, {informal} To rain very hard; come down in torrents. * /In the middle of the picnic it started to rain cats and dogs, and everybody got soaked./ * /Terry looked out of the window and said, It s… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • rain\ cats\ and\ dogs — • rain cats and dogs • rain buckets • rain pitchforks v. phr. informal To rain very hard; come down in torrents. In the middle of the picnic it started to rain cats and dogs, and everybody got soaked. Terry looked out of the window and said, It s …   Словарь американских идиом

  • rain\ buckets — • rain cats and dogs • rain buckets • rain pitchforks v. phr. informal To rain very hard; come down in torrents. In the middle of the picnic it started to rain cats and dogs, and everybody got soaked. Terry looked out of the window and said, It s …   Словарь американских идиом

  • rain\ pitchforks — • rain cats and dogs • rain buckets • rain pitchforks v. phr. informal To rain very hard; come down in torrents. In the middle of the picnic it started to rain cats and dogs, and everybody got soaked. Terry looked out of the window and said, It s …   Словарь американских идиом

  • rain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. shower, precipitation, rainstorm, downpour. v. shower, pour, drizzle; bestow, lavish, shower upon. See water. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Water falling in drops] Syn. drizzle, mist, sprinkle, sprinkling,… …   English dictionary for students

  • rain — n. & v. n. 1 a the condensed moisture of the atmosphere falling visibly in separate drops. b the fall of such drops. 2 (in pl.) a rainfalls. b (prec. by the) the rainy season in tropical countries. 3 a falling liquid or solid particles or objects …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cats and dogs — may refer to:# Cats Dogs , a 2001 children s film # Cats and Dogs , a 1993 album by Royal Trux # Cats and Dogs , a 2003 album by Talisman # Cats and Dogs , an 1926 essay by H.P. Lovecraft arguing the superiority of cats #The English phrase it s… …   Wikipedia

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