First of all, the expression "it's raining cats and dogs" is a well-known English idiom used to describe a heavy rainstorm. Snopes previously wrote about the idiom's origins in an article ...

MOLINE, Ill. — The phrase “its raining cats and dogs” has been around for a long time. Could there have been a freak weather event a long time ago and it actually rained cats and dogs? The ...

Meteorologist Tiffany Savona: Growing up, I would hear my parents say, “It's raining cats and dogs.” As a young child, you just, you know, go with it. You don't really ask too many questions.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - It's raining cats and dogs! Usually that means that it's raining heavily but did you know it has actually rained animals before? The first documented use of the phras e shows ...

Ask Tom Skilling, raining cats and dogs Dear Tom, What is the origin of the phrase “raining cats and dogs”? —Edie Peterson, Woodridge Dear Edie, There are several plausible explanations, but ...

There is a weather-related phrase about heavy precipitation that says, “It’s raining cats and dogs.” That is the way it is with this rumor about Haitians in Springfield, Ohio.

Additionally, the phrase may stem from the Greek expression “cata doxa,” meaning contrary to belief, implying that if it’s raining cats and dogs, it’s raining unbelievably hard.