Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Weather inquiry - What do you mean it's raining cats and dogs?

What do you mean it's raining cats and dogs?

A downpour means a downpour.

This is an English proverb. It is said that in ancient London, FAW in Wang Yang often drowned many lost dogs and cats after a downpour. So, the rain stopped, the water receded, and all the cats and dogs in the street died. It seems that many cats and dogs fell from the sky.

Keyword explanation:

1, rain

Rain; Rain; Rainy days; rainy season

The intransitive verb rain; rain

Give in large quantities; Lead to a large decline

Bilingual example:

I hope you didn't stand outside in the rain.

I hope you didn't stand outside in the rain.

2, cats

Cats, cats

Bilingual example:

That? Cat? Love? Being touched. ?

This cat likes to be touched.

Usage of rain:

Rain means rain and is usually used as an uncountable noun. A rain means a rain and a shower. Rains refers to several rains and heavy showers.

Rains refers to the rainy season, which can be changed to May, July, etc. Light rain is light rain, and heavy rain is rainstorm.

When rain is used as a verb, it means rain. Mostly used as intransitive verbs, it can also be used as transitive verbs. It usually means that it is raining heavily, and it can be followed by nouns such as Didi.

Rain means when it rains, the subject usually uses the pronoun it. When the theme is not it, it usually means rain.

Cancellation of meetings and competitions due to rain is often used in passive structures, such as rain in British English and rain out in American English.