"It's raining cats and dogs" is an idiom.
It is raining heavily
There is an expression - "raining cats and dogs". This does not mean that cats and/or dogs are literally falling from the sky, it simply means that it is raining very hard.
no an idiom would be like "it's raining cats and dogs"
neither, it is just an expression meaning that is is raining really really hard!
The phrase "it's raining cats and dogs!" is hyperbole.
Raining cats and dogs mean that it's raining very hard
No! 'its raining cats and dogs' is an Idiom.
It doesn't stand for anything. It just means there were some cats and some dogs somewhere.
under what headword would you find the idiom raining cats and dogs?
Its raining cats and dogs!
No, the phrase "raining cats and dogs" is an idiom that means raining heavily. It has never happened literally.
In olden times people threw rubbish into the street. In amongst the rubbish would be cats and dogs which would be washed along the street during heavy rain. Hence raining cats and dogs. Of course, they are not literally raining from above!