Meaning of rain cats and dogs | Babel Free
Definitions
To rain very heavily.
idiomatic, impersonal
Translations
العربية
أَمْطَرَ بِغَزَارَة
Deutsch
Bindfäden regnen
日本語
土砂降りになる
한국어
비가 억수같이 내리다
Nederlands
pijpenstelen regenen
Русский
лить как из ведра́
Examples
“["]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.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.