On (24 Mar 03) Michael Yudkovich wrote to George Pope...
 MY>   Btw, question to all the english-speaking people of this echo:
 MY> explain
 MY>  please what is the ethymology of this idiom "it's raining cats and
 MY> dogs"?
 MY>  I know what it means, I just want to find out its origin.

I can't say authoritatively, but I'd suspect it originated at a time &
place when there were too many dogs & cats around. . .


Cats & dogs?


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