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   TEMPLO S.U.D. said, 4 months ago

   When it’s a light rain fall, I call it “kittens and puppies.” When it’s a very heavy rain fall, “lions and wolves.”
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   B8TMAN said, 4 months ago

   The most common one says that in olden times, homes had thatched roofs in which domestic animals such as cats and dogs would like to hide. In heavy rain, the animals would either be washed out of the thatch, or rapidly abandon it for better shelter, so it would seem to be raining cats and dogs.
   http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-rai1.htm
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   WildeBill said, 4 months ago

   I didn’t realize Peter was so prissy.
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   Bruno Zeigerts said, 4 months ago

   There have been instances of fish and frogs raining down…
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   Katsuro Ricksand said, 4 months ago

   Here in Sweden, we call it a “rod-rain.” Not as in the name Rod, but as in “fishing rod.”
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   frugalnotcheap said, 4 months ago

   @Katsuro Ricksand

   Rod Rain: I like that a lot! I love the smell of a wet stinky beach on a soft rainy day with gray skies.
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   YokohamaMama said, 4 months ago

   It’s raining cats and dogs. I just stepped into a poodle.
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   Cooncat said, 4 months ago

   If its light rain, it’s just a drizzle. If its a hard rain, its “raining like a cow pee-ing on a flat rock”.
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   ebsan said, 4 months ago

   I call a downpour a Toad-strangler.
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    CAD_IL said, 4 months ago

    After reading this, I spent the next 1/2 hour reading phrase origins.

    http://www.cracked.com/article_16108_the-bizarre-history-10-common-sayings.html

    High-five, internet.
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    Caledonian_812 said, 4 months ago

    @WildeBill

    Somehow, I think Paige would have been better suited to fill the role given to Peter today. Bill Amend dropped the ball on this one.
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    aicarrie1 said, 4 months ago

    That is one weird kid.
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    cjcampbell said, 4 months ago

    It is from Jonathan Swift, describing all the refuse and offal (including dead cats and dogs) that washed down the streets of London during rainstorms. Pretty gross, actually:

    Now in contiguous Drops the Flood comes down,
    Threat’ning with Deluge this devoted Town.
    …
    Now from all Parts the swelling Kennels flow,
    And bear their Trophies with them as they go:
    Filth of all Hues and Odours seem to tell
    What Street they sail’d from, by their Sight and Smell.
    They, as each Torrent drives, with rapid Force,
    From Smithfield or St. Pulchre’s shape their Course,
    And in huge Confluent join’d at Snow-Hill Ridge,
    Fall from the Conduit, prone to Holbourn-Bridge.
    Sweeping from Butchers Stalls, Dung, Guts, and Blood,
    Drown’d Puppies, stinking Sprats, all drench’d in Mud,
    Dead Cats and Turnip-Tops come tumbling down the Flood.
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    Josh Lyons said, 4 months ago

    There’s also a saying my cousin’s Dad used to say: “It’s raining Bullfrogs out here!” (meaning a heaving downpour)
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    ZaphodBblbrx said, 4 months ago

    At least raining cats and dogs isn’t as bad as hailing taxis and buses.
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