No! 'its raining cats and dogs' is an Idiom.
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!
It doesn't stand for anything. It just means there were some cats and some dogs somewhere.
dogs and cats and dogs and cats and dogs and cats and ........
Think of a thing that a human would do, and give that human thing to the dog Example: The Dog was in a very bad mood .
Its raining cats and dogs
It's raining cats and dogs
"It's raining cats and dogs" is an idiom.
The phrase "it's raining cats and dogs!" is hyperbole.
Raining cats and dogs mean that it's raining very hard
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.
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.
It is raining heavily
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!
No. Personification is when human qualities are attributed to animals or inanimate objects, such as "The houses stared blankly at each other."