Why do they say its raining cats and dogs When it rains ?

Question

Thank you

Answer 1

I believe its beacuse it says that in olden times, homes had thatched roofs in which domestic animals such as cats and dogs would like to hide. In heavy rain, the animals would either be washed out of the thatch, or rapidly abandon it for better shelter, so it would seem to be raining cats and dogs. Other suggestions include derivation from a similar sounding but unspecified Greek aphorism which meant “an unlikely occurrence”, or that it is a corrupted version of a rare French word, catadoupe, meaning a waterfall. It has also been suggested that at one time the streets of British towns were so poorly constructed that many cats and dogs would drown whenever there was a storm; people seeing the corpses floating by would think they had fallen from the sky, like the proverbial rains of frogs.

Answer 2

its a slang word probably derived from an abomination of the word crescendos which means something gradually and continually increasing in intensity.  

Answer 3

the saying comes from old days when we had thatched roofs. small critters including cats and dogs would live in the thatch. when it would rain hard the thatch would get wet and critters would jump out of the roof.

Answer 4

I think they say it when its heavy rain, and obviously it would be a bit dangerous and 'heavy' if it rained cats and dogs.

Lol.

Answer 5

Didn't you see all the poodles

Answer 6

It is a hard rain that when you close your eyes, the rain sounds like large bodies being smacked against your house.

Or it could have once been a sick old lady who through her pets out the window when it rained to get ride of them?

Answer 7

Because cats and dogs are often fighting together so raining cats and dogs means raining heavily.

Answer 8

I dont know but we had better get a large strong umbrella lol

Answer 9

Its Just A Figure Of Speech  

Answer 10

The phrase "raining cats and dogs" is of unknown etymology. A number of improbable folk etymologies have been put forward to explain the phrase, for example:

In 16th century Europe when peasant homes were commonly thatched, the home was constructed in such a manner that animals could crawl into the thatch and find shelter from the elements, and would fall out during heavy rain.

Drainage systems on buildings in 17th century Europe were poor, and may have disgorged their contents during heavy showers, including the corpses of any animals that had accumulated in them.

Answer 11

I say it's raining monkeys and kittens. Maybe this site will help http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/raini...