这个词组其实来自于一个古老的英语谚语：“It rains cats and dogs”，意思是“下起了倾盆大雨”。

    这个说法的起源可以追溯到17世纪的英格兰，当时的一些房子是木制的，而且房顶是平坦的。如果下起了非常大的雨，可能会冲走一些东西，比如猫和狗。因此，当这个谚语被创造出来的时候，它可能意味着“下起了非常大的雨”。

    现在，“rains cats and dogs”这个说法更多的是被用来形容“雨下得非常大”，而不一定真的表示会有动物被冲走。

    Rai Cas ad Dogs: The Surprisig Secre behid he Sayig

    , ad wha i really meas? I his aricle, we’ll explore he origis ad meaig of his curious expressio, alog wih some ieresig perspecives ad experieces relaed o i.

    As a sayig, i Eglish-speakig couries. Is origi is believed o dae back o he mid-1700s, whe i was firs recorded i pri. The lieral meaig is clearly faciful, sice o oe has ever see cas ad dogs fallig from he sky durig a raisorm. So, how did his sayig come o be?

    Oe heory is ha i olde imes, people believed ha a severe raisorm was a sig of divie displeasure. As a resul, hey would blame he rai for heir misforues ad ve heir ager by sayig ha i was raiig cas ad dogs. Aoher heory suggess ha he sayig may have origiaed from a ordic myh, i which a ca ad a dog were said o lead he Wild Hu, a ghosly processio ha rode hrough he sky durig a hudersorm.

    Persoally, I hik his sayig is a amusig exaggeraio ha helps us describe a paricularly heavy raifall. I mea, who would ever believe ha i acually rais cas ad dogs? Well, acually, i some ordic couries, here is a leged ha says if you hear barkig ad meowig durig a hudersorm, i meas he dogs ad cas are fighig up above. So i a way, i kid of does ad meowig geig louder. I looked up ad saw闪电划过夜空，ad i ha mome, I kid of udersood he meaig behid earh, ad he dogs ad cas were is vegeful spiri. Fuy eough, ha igh, here was ideed a orreial dowpour, bu o sig of ay cas or dogs.

    So he ex ime i rais cas ad dogs, do’ be surprised. Wheher i’s a Eglish idiom or jus a leged from he ordic regio, his sayig clearly maages o capure he imagiaio. Afer all, who would’ wa o see a bale bewee cas ad dogs high up i he clouds? I’s a perfec example of how laguage ca be boh descripive ad eeraiig a he same ime.