A 19th-century cartoon by English artist George Cruikshank illustrating the phrase "raining cats and dogs" (and "pitchforks")
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The English-language idiom "raining cats and dogs" or "raining dogs and cats" is used to describe particularly heavy rain. It is of unknown etymology and is not necessarily related to the raining animals phenomenon.[1] The phrase (with "polecats" instead of "cats") has been used at least since the 17th century.[2][3]
^Anatoly Liberman, Raining Cats and Dogs
^Richard Brome (1652), The City Witt: "It shall rain dogs and polecats."
^Robert Laurence, Raining Cats And Dogs Archived 2009-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed on 2009-07-28.
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