storm cats and dogsとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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storm cats and dogs (三人称単数 現在形 storms cats かつ dogs, 現在分詞 storming cats かつ dogs, 過去形および過去分詞形 stormed cats かつ dogs)

1. To storm and rain heavily; synonym of rain cats and dogs.
   • 1913, Pearson's Magazine, page 376:

     About 10 o'clock, Burdell pushed forth into the wind and the rain — it was storming cats and dogs — and headed for his home at 31 Bond.

   • 1934, Nancy Noon Kendall, The New House

     Annie was standing beside the stove, showing her assistant, a Finnish girl from the village, how to flip bacon grease up and over frying eggs. “I think it is going to storm cats and dogs today, Dad,” announced Danny, jerking his thumb […]

   • 2011, Tommy Chamberlain, A Spoon Full of Sugar, iUniverse (→ISBN), page 7:

     It was storming cats and dogs, with lighting and thunder.