Which animals metaphorically constitute a heavy rainstorm?
Correct answer: Cats and dogs
1960Sweetwater
I have read the theory that cats and dogs slept in the thatch roofs of cottages and when a heavy rain came it washed them off the roof.
MALICE
Whomever answered rats and mice,lemme know where you live so I can be sure NOT to visit lol
JimmyLovesQL
"Oops, I just stepped in a poodle."
ElaineChocolate
Player #210969, Yes, and fell through the thatched roofs weakened by the rain. :-)
KookyOrangutan5005
here's something gross to consider, after a huge flood that had spiders running up trees there was a rain and wind storm that made it look like it was raining spiders. Eww, Eww, EWW
HOTCAT
goole it " raining cats and dogs" interesting pics.
Guillermo
love questions about the origin of idioms
Uninitialized
A Polecat in England (where Broome was from) is like a weasel, not a skunk.
A thatched roof is made from reed and is so tightly packed a mouse couldn't get in let alone cats and dogs
Granny
I live in Bogor, Indonesia. It is nicknamed as rain city because of the high rain fall, often with lightning and thunderstorms. I thought the 'rain cats and dogs' phrase came from the sound of heavy rain fall compared to the noise of cats and dogs fight. Lol.
Ann
in Ireland(so the legand has it) cats and dogs used to sleep on thatched roofs so when it 🌧rained the 🐈cats and dog🐕 fell off Just a story!!!
Lee
I will now forever say “It is raining hedgehogs and foxes!”
nuzzles
thanks JimmyLoves QL needed a good laugh
Tony
Perhaps a tornado swept through a town where all that was left outside were cats and dogs. Then, a few miles further on, the prople of another village experienced it raining dogs and cats.
Rachel
1960Sweetwater, when it rains heavily cats & dogs run 4 shelter hence the saying (that's my theory and I'm sticking with it)
Jevo
MALICE 😂
phyllis
this info was not necessary, I think I would rather the fables, not in a serious mood
peka
1960Sweetwater, I read the same thing
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Bonnie
JimmyLovesQL, 😂
littlemebp
I heard it was because animals used to kept in a “roof” and sometimes when it rained heavily for several days the ceilings” would collapse causing the animals to fall in
Player #58092313
Nashville Bound,
it would be interesting to know the origen of the name "polecat"
WalksBySelf
Granny, it might be that for all anyone knows
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Player #45505475
Seems that gutters were filled with everything imaginable and a heavy rain would cause movement of the impacted area.
cynthia
Player #2666618, That was what I understood it to mean!
miadoe 4 chesterbe
1960Sweetwater,
knowing how animals are pretty good with intuition, I would bet they'd already have jumped off b4 rain. especially cats lol!
Player #32567393
Uninitialized,
Cozzy 25,
Is Debby your name? I’m Cozzy 25.
Player #13023389
Knew the answer right off, been saying it 4 years. Debby
TJ SISTER
I never heard the skinny on this one. Very interesting...
Player #29089582
this app is so wasp centered!!!
Cheri #27225877
I wonder if this phrase was because cats and dogs may have lived or spent time on roofs and when there's a heavy rain they'll be running to hide so you could hear how heavy their footsteps are on the roof when they run to go in hiding - this would then mean that the rain is quite heavy to drive away the cats and dogs? Haha
maphiz
MALICE, 😂😂
Nashville Bound
JimmyLovesQL, 😄
Nashville Bound
brainiac61, that is true, my dad's side of the family is Cajun and Creole and my mother's side is Greek but we grew up in Louisiana mostly around my dad's side of the family and I didn't know a polecat and a skunk were 1 in the same until I was in school and one of my teachers(a non bayou native) revealed what most of the world called "polecats"
Nashville Bound
LittleDucky52, good question
Nashville Bound
MALICE, lol😄 so true I wanna know too