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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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Konstantin

Rating: 5

May 28, 2019

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

Ottavio

Rating: 0

March 3, 2016

Instead of "It is raining cats and dogs", in Italian we say "Piove a catinelle"

Guest

Rating: 5

May 2, 2015

Instead of "It is raining cats and dogs", in Portuguese we say "Está chovendo muito."

Guest

Rating: 5

April 18, 2015

Heike

Rating: 5

October 16, 2014

Hi Lizzy, I have enjoyed your game.
Take care Heike
Instead of "It is raining cats and dogs", in German we say "Es regnet Bindfäden."

SENA

Rating: 3

September 2, 2014

Masha K.

Rating: 4

August 21, 2014

Guest

Rating: 5

December 9, 2013

Guest

Rating: 4

November 18, 2013

Instead of "It is raining cats and dogs", in Chinese, Mandarin we say "傾訴"

Zsiga S.

Rating: 4

November 9, 2013

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