"rain cats and dogs" meaning in Englisch

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Phrase

Audio: En-au-rain cats and dogs.ogg
Etymology: wörtlich „Katzen und Hunde regnen“; siehe rain, cat, dog
  1. sehr stark regnen
    Sense id: de-rain_cats_and_dogs-en-phrase-5NO5Zd-l
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rain pitchforks Translations (sehr stark regnen): wie aus Eimern schütten (Deutsch), Bindfäden regnen (Deutsch)
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