If it's raining really hard, you say...

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Title:	If it's raining really hard, you say...
Answer:	It's raining cats and dogs

Equivalents:	1. The sky is falling! 2. It's pouring outside!

Explanation:	The origin of this idiom is not really known, but it is used alot. But thankfully, when someone says this expession, it doesn't mean cats and dogs are falling out of the sky.
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Game Summary Statistics

Average Rating		4
# of votes		45
# of Garbage Votes		5
# of Garbage Votes by native speakers		2

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Total found: 45 !
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Johanna

Rating: 5

June 27, 2024

Instead of "It's raining cats and dogs", in German we say "Es regnet in Stroemen."

Justyna

Rating: 5

December 9, 2022

Instead of "It's raining cats and dogs", in Polish we say "Leje jak z cebra"

Ann T.

Rating: 5

July 11, 2020

Instead of "It's raining cats and dogs", in Russian we say "Льёт как из ведра"

Almira

Rating: 5

September 14, 2019

Instead of "It's raining cats and dogs", in Russian we say "Льет как из ведра."

Bogdan A.

Rating: 4

April 8, 2019

Instead of "It's raining cats and dogs", in Romanian we say "Se crapa cerul in doua"

Pedro A.

Rating: 5

October 1, 2018

Very good!
Instead of "It's raining cats and dogs", in Portuguese we say "Caindo um pé d'água"

Léa R.

Rating: 4

August 2, 2018

Instead of "It's raining cats and dogs", in French we say "Il pleut des cordes"

Luis M.

Rating: 5

April 13, 2018

Instead of "It's raining cats and dogs", in Spanish we say "esta cayanedo un aguacero"

Guest

Rating: 5

February 16, 2018

Instead of "It's raining cats and dogs", in Russian we say "Льёт как из ведра"

veronika

Rating: 0

January 6, 2018

Instead of "It's raining cats and dogs", in Slovak we say "leje ako z krhly"

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