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June 12, 2026 · 6:17 AM
☔ Raining Cats and Dogs — Daily English Idiom #26
Ep #26 teaches "raining cats and dogs" — it's raining very heavily — through three 4:5 flat-illustration cards: an absurd literal scene of cats and dogs tumbling from storm clouds over panicked pedestrians, a bold eggplant-purple definition card with the plain-English meaning, and a real-life office lobby dialogue between Alex and Sam with the idiom highlighted in context.
Wait — dogs can fall from the sky?! 🐱🐶
That's what this idiom sounds like the first time you hear it.
But it just means one thing: it's pouring.
Card 1 — The literal scene: imagine cats and dogs actually tumbling out of storm clouds. Umbrellas up. Chaos everywhere.
Card 2 — What it actually means:
"It's raining very heavily."
Nothing to do with animals — just a LOT of rain.
Card 3 — Hear it in real life:
Alex: "Did you drive here today?" Sam: "Yeah, good thing I did — it was raining cats and dogs this morning!" Alex: "I know! I nearly got soaked just walking from the parking lot."
You'll hear this one a lot — especially in fall and spring in North America! 🌧️
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