No! 'its raining cats and dogs' is an Idiom.
under what headword would you find the idiom raining cats and dogs?
No, the idiom is only used to refer to rain.
"It's raining cats and dogs" is an idiom.
no an idiom would be like "it's raining cats and dogs"
It's an idiom.
An example of an idiom in the book "The Best School Year Ever" is "the apple of someone's eye." This idiom is used to show that someone is cherished or loved deeply. In the book, the Henderson children are seen as the apple of Mrs. Cavanagh's eye, despite their mischievous behavior.
No, hyperbole is an exaggeration. "Raining hard enough to wash the town away" would be hyperbole. "Raining cats and dogs" is an idiom because it makes no sense when you translate it literally.
The most common idiom about cats is "Curiosity killed the cat." A cat has nine lives. It's raining cats and dogs.
An idiom is a phrase or expression where the literal meaning is different from the intended meaning. It may not make sense if interpreted word by word. Examples include "raining cats and dogs" and "barking up the wrong tree."
yes and it is also an idiom it is a metaphor because there is no "like" or "as"raining cats and dogs is not a metaphor. it is a simile.actually, I'm pretty sure it's a idiom, a phrase that can not be taken seriously.Yes because it is implying big objects (huge rain drops) are fallingNO ,it is an idiom to say that raining really hard
You don't need a list. The literal meaning is whatever the phrase sounds like. For example, the literal meaning of "raining cats and dogs" would be dogs and cats falling out of the clouds.