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Title:	Weather animals
Answer:	It is raining cats and dogs

Hints:	1. Animals we have as pets 2. Mans best friend 3. Witches favourite

Equivalents:	1. It's tipping it down

Explanation:	in the filthy streets of 17th/18th century England, heavy rain would occasionally carry along dead animals and other debris. The animals didn't fall from the sky, but the sight of dead cats and dogs floating by in storms may well have lead to this phrase
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Average Rating		3.7
# of votes		93
# of Garbage Votes		11
# of Garbage Votes by native speakers		0

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Total found: 93 !
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Ihab N.

Rating: 4

January 9, 2013

Instead of "It is raining cats and dogs", in Arabic, Middle Eastern we say "انها تمطر بغزارة"

Jorge Andres O.

Rating: 5

January 6, 2013

Vincent P.

Rating: 4

January 3, 2013

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

Guest

Rating: 5

January 1, 2013

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

Guest

Rating: 0

December 30, 2012

Instead of "It is raining cats and dogs", in Spanish we say "Está lloviendo a cántaros"

Guest

Rating: 3

December 27, 2012

Eddi

Rating: 0

December 14, 2012

Instead of "It is raining cats and dogs", in Spanish we say "Llueve a cántaros"

Sylwia

Rating: 4

December 12, 2012

Ana

Rating: 5

December 11, 2012

José g.

Rating: 4

December 9, 2012

Is this espression really use nowadays ?
Instead of "It is raining cats and dogs", in French we say "Il pleut des cordes"

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