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How do you say: "It's raining cats and dogs!" in your language?
I am curious to hear how various languages express the idea of an extremely heavy downpour of rain. In English we say: "It's raining cats and dogs" in Greek I believe if you translate the phrase to English it means "It's throwing chair legs"
So, how do you say this in your language?
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| 108866 |
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In Spanish it's said "Llueve a cántaros" (It's raining amphores/large pitchers, in English). "Llueve a mares" (It's raining seas) it's also used.
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| 108978 |
Re:Re:How do you say:
Thanks Cantarela!
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| 109055 |
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In Japanese, we say "dosha-buri", which means a landslide downpower. We also use an onomatpoeia, "zaa zaa" and say, "it's raining zaa zaa."
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| 109074 |
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Hallo Michael!
In German we say:`Es regnet in Strömen`(it`s raining in streams) or `Es schüttet wie aus Kübeln´(it`s pouring down in buckets).
Best regards,
Rose
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| 109145 |
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In French we say "il pleut des cordes" if you translate in English: "it's rainning ropes"
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| 109203 |
Re:Re:How do you say:
Cantarella: I'm agreed with "Lloviendo a cántaros". In Mexico we don't use "lloviendo a mares" what brings to my mind "llorando a mares" (crying rivers). Saludos Guapa!
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| 109229 |
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In Polish you can say "pierze żabami" - "it's throwing frogs". A very colloquial phrase :)
Or: "leje jak z cebra" - "it's pouring down like from a bucket".
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| 109386 |
Re:How do you say:
In Portuguese is: Está chovendo canivetes.(It's raining penknives.)
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Here in Australia it can be raining cats and dogs,but we can also say "it's pissing down". Because I don't like to be coarse, I sometimes use the expression "perforating down" - a pissing/peircing pun. (We dont sound sound the 'r' in piercing)
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| 109845 |
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Domo Arigato Monami !
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| 109846 |
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Gracias Mario!
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| 109847 |
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Cynia,
Thanks! What an odd way to say it's raining hard isn't it?
Where do these things come from I wonder.
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| 109848 |
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Thanks Peter,
Either way it sounds dreadful!
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| 109973 |
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In the Southern United States it is common to call a heavy rain "A Gully Washer" meaning that the rain will wash a "gully" or "ditch" as it runs downhill.
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