Comments on: It’s raining cats and dogs

By: Weather, Temperature and Idioms | Woodward English

Weather, Temperature and Idioms | Woodward English — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:19:48 +0000

[…] idioms in English about the weather. We have already talked about the meaning of the idiom “It’s raining cats and dogs” though there are many more that you should know that you will find here: Idioms about the […]

By: Suresh

Suresh — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:24:52 +0000

In reply to woodward. Thank you very much. Now it gets clear.

By: woodward

woodward — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:40:22 +0000

In reply to Suresh. No, it needs to be in that order. The same goes for the expression, they fight like cats and dogs. That is because of a thing in English called Binomials where two words must follow a set sequence when they are joined by the word "and". In this case the word cats needs to be before dogs. Other examples of binomials are: Black and white, salt and pepper, bigger and better etc. When I get time I will write an article about binomials.

By: Suresh

Suresh — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:56:06 +0000

It’s raining cats and dogs instead of that can we say It’s raining dogs and cats?

By: woodward

woodward — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 03:43:52 +0000

In reply to woodward. Yes, we use idioms a lot in English though not necessarily to make a sentence more impressive. Interesting to hear what they do in Vietnam.

By: woodward

woodward — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:38:57 +0000

Well, when you imagine it literally, it would sound bad. Fortunately it isn’t.