rain cats and dogs

Etymology
, but see examples of early use in Citations.

Verb

 * 1)  To rain very heavily.

Derived terms

 * cats and dogs

Translations

 * Arabic: أَمْطَرَ بِغَزَارَة
 * Azerbaijani: tut ucundan, göyə çıx
 * Breton: Gwelet a ran da gazh er jardin
 * Bulgarian: вали́ като из ведро́
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, padat trakaře
 * Dutch:, regenen dat het giet
 * Esperanto: pluvegi
 * Finnish: sataa kaatamalla, sataa äkäisiä ämmiä äkeet selässä, sataa kuin saavista kaataen
 * French:, , , , ,  ,
 * Galician: arroiar, diluviar, chover a chuzos,, chover a Deus dar auga
 * Georgian: კოკისპირული წვიმა
 * German:, , aus allen Kannen gießen, aus allen Kannen schütten, es schüttet wie aus Eimern
 * Greek: βρέχει με το τουλούμι, ρίχνει καρεκλοπόδαρα, ρίχνει καντάρια
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: vera mígandi rigning, rigna eldi og brennisteini
 * Interlingua: pluver torrentialmente
 * Irish: sceana gréasaí a chur
 * Italian: piovere a catinelle,, , piovere come Dio la manda
 * Japanese: 土砂降りになる
 * Korean: 비-가 억수-같이 쏟아진다
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, , regne sinte kjerringer
 * Nynorsk: høljeregne, ausregne
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: o céu vir abaixo,, chover a potes , cair um toró , chover canivetes
 * Romanian: ploua cu găleata
 * Russian: лить как из ведра́
 * Slovak: liať ako z krhly
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Turkish: bardaktan boşalırcasına yağmak, şakır şakır yağmur
 * Vietnamese: (trời) mưa xối xả, (trời) mưa như trút
 * Welsh: