rain dogs and cats

Definition

Alternative form of rain cats and dogs.

Example Sentences

• "The Pedlars of our age have business yet, / And gladly would against the Fayr-day fit / Themselves with such a Roofe, that can secure / Their Wares from Dogs and Cats rain'd in showre."
• "Where e're I went on Land or water / Hee'd make a shift to follow after. / Neither had he flincht a foot, had fates / Made it rain down dogs and cats"
• "When it rains Dogs and Cats in Hell, / The shelter'd Centaurs roar and yell."