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raining cats and dogs

an English idiom used to describe heavy rain
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raining cats and dogs

Summary

raining cats and dogs is an idiom[1]. It draws 411 Wikipedia views per month (idiom category, ranking #17 of 97).[2]

Key Facts

  • raining cats and dogs's instance of is recorded as idiom[3].
  • raining cats and dogs's language of work or name is recorded as British English[4].
  • raining cats and dogs's country of origin is recorded as England[5].
  • raining cats and dogs's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11fmbkvgw5[6].

Why It Matters

raining cats and dogs draws 411 Wikipedia views per month (idiom category, ranking #17 of 97).[2]

Related Entities

England

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). raining cats and dogs. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/raining-cats-and-dogs
MLA “raining cats and dogs.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/raining-cats-and-dogs.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_raining-cats-and-dogs_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{raining cats and dogs}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/raining-cats-and-dogs}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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