Idiom: It's raining cats and dogs!

Have you heard the idiom ‘it’s raining cats and dogs’? Where does it come from and what does it mean? If you think it sounds funny, wait till you hear the equivalent phrases from other languages! Discover writer Jonathan Swift’s role in introducing the idiom to us. Which is the one story by this writer you’re probably familiar with? All this and more coming up. But first, do subscribe to The English Nut on Instagram, Facebook, KZbin and Twitter. Thank you.
TITLE: It’s raining cats and dogs!
Episode # 189
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[@jillofalltrades9838]

Being in Kerala (where we have 2 distinct monsoon seasons), I use this idiom often but the similar idioms from other languages is really intriguing. In Malayalam, we say thullikku oru kudam pe maari ( a drop is equivalent to a potful kind of heavy rain) ☔🌧️☔. :-)

[@arjunmenonkandanat6328]

Correct. Thullikku oru kudam.

[@amandeepshah]

Sir your earlier aspect ratio of videos was better and we got accustomed to it. I request you to please bring back that screen ratio in which we watch your videos vertically.

[@vasupradhaananth7168]

In Hindi too, it is musladhaar baarish...same meaning as in Bengali😊 Thank you for another interesting episode but it is ending too soon! Had not come across pitchforks or hammer handles for heavy rains, until now...thanks again!

[@TheEnglishNut]

Discover whacky idioms from around the world to describe heavy rain! :)

[@neerjalal7505]

Thanks for sharing how heavy rains and inclement weather is described in different languages!

[@allenaventh6249]

Thank you 🙏🏻Recollecting my school days Gulliver's in Lilliput 😘

[@chitralekharay2234]

When the raindrops are bigger than normal after a long spell of scorching heat, my grandmama used to say " it is raining elephant-droppings."😀

[@marinathomas7820]

I never miss my classes even if it's raining cats and dogs.

[@marinathomas7820]

Thanks English Nut, I was quite curious to know the origins of this idiom.

[@tanmoydhar2667]

I have not came across to a day where it had rained cats & dogs so far this monsoon......

[@lakshmanvajjakeshavula5380]

Thank you

[@ShubhamSharma-ov5ud]

Its raining cats and dogs in Himachal.

[@sadhnasyal7506]

When it rains even more, we say it's raining elephants &dinosaurs

[@anitabisht510]

Hello English Nut , I m not making any sentence but would like to appreciate your command over diff languages! Whatever you spk it's so clear and what a vast knowledge You are having in all almost all the fields. Thanks a lot for aparting the knowledge with us that you have ! God bless you, Take care ! 👍

[@60-ankitasaha6]

Its raining cats and dogs therefore I decided to stay in and have a jot cup of tea.

[@farooqakhtarahmed]

It actually rained cats and dogs early today morning.

[@chiradipbhattacharyya2044]

In Bible you get it rains camel and elephant

[@SunilYadav-lx9td]

I wish it rains cats and dogs on Monday and i don’t have to go office then.

[@JackSparrow-rp6td]

I love your videos and content but there's a feedback. Make the subtitles optional i.e. those who need subtitles, can turn on from settings. I get distracted from subtitles. No matter how much you try to avoid it, you will see it. Please remove mandatory subtitles, make them optional. And if you want to, you can add a description at the start of the video to turn on subtitles from settings.

[@amithashetty8943]

Yenchina barsa marayere,this is the typical reaction of every mangalore an, when it pours cats and dogs.

[@junaidiqbal9796]

I cancelled my meeting because I knew that it would be raining cats and dogs. Love from Pakistan

[@fionashybin9071]

It has been raining cats and dogs since five days.

[@vinodsatra826]

Someone might have commented after seeing too many cats and dogs in the street, whether it was raining cats and dogs just like water after heavy rain.

[@camelliamandal8853]

It's raining cats and dogs, it is unusual for Delhi.

[@ambutvlm]

🙏

[@Prakharawasthi89]

recently I saw a clip of movie piku and I saw The English Nut. Was that really you?

[@Rudransh63]

Waiting Eagerly :))

[@anshusharma3436]

You are always my inspiration

[@EasyEffectiveEnglish]

For that idiom, you loaded the information like cats and dogs...👍😊🙏

[@bindukp1645]

🌹

[@fahmidhasan391]

He missed his exam because it was raining cats and dogs.

[@bartel-shop]

Very nice 👍

[@sunayanamisra2490]

This monsoon it didn't rain cats and dogs due to climate change.

[@ayeshaabbas4043]

It's raining cats and dogs due to global warming.