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rain cats and dogs id.
rain very heavily
Idiomatic expression. "The weather was really bad yesterday. It was raining cats and dogs all day."

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rain  


      n  
1   
a    precipitation from clouds in the form of drops of water, formed by the condensation of water vapour in the atmosphere  
b    a fall of rain; shower  
c    (in combination)  
a raindrop         Related adjs     →   hyetal     →   pluvious  
2    a large quantity of anything falling rapidly or in quick succession  
a rain of abuse     
3   ♦ (come) rain or shine  
a    regardless of the weather  
b    regardless of circumstances  
4   ♦ right as rain     (Brit)  
informal   perfectly all right; perfectly fit  
      vb  
5    intr; with it as subject   to be the case that rain is falling  
6    often with it as subject   to fall or cause to fall like rain  
the lid flew off and popcorn rained on everyone     
7    tr   to bestow in large measure  
to rain abuse on someone     
8   ♦ rain cats and dogs         
Informal   to rain heavily; pour  
9   ♦ rained off   cancelled or postponed on account of rain,   (U.S. and Canadian term)    rained out     (See also)      →   rains  
     (Old English regn; related to Old Frisian rein, Old High German regan, Gothic rign)  
♦   rainless      adj  
Diccionario Inglés definición  
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rain, CATS, dogs, Dogs

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herding cats
exp.
expression used to describe an attempt to organize a difficult or unpredictable situation; trying to coordinate a group of people who tend to act chaotically
[Bus.] E.g: Some say that managing a team is herding cats.
rain on one's parade
v.
spoil someone's plans; spoil someone's pleasure or joy
I hate to rain on your parade, but we will not be able to host your birthday party next week.
dog's breakfast
n.
a mess, a failure
[Slang];[UK] it comes from the cooking domain where the phrase described a dish that was not tasty enough and therefore thrown away to dogs
best in show
n.
award for the best dog in a dog show
At French dog shows they use the English expression
the duck's nuts
exp.
the best, the dog's bollocks , the bee's knees
the bee's knees
exp.
the duck's nuts, the best, the dog's bollocks

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