"rain dogs and cats" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "1651, Henry Vaughan, Olor Iscanus:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1672, Maurice Atkins, Minor Burlesques and Travesties:",
          "text": "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",
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        },
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          "ref": "1678, John Phillips, Maronides:",
          "text": "When it rains Dogs and Cats in Hell, / The shelter'd Centaurs roar and yell.",
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          "ref": "1651, Henry Vaughan, Olor Iscanus:",
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