What exactly does It's raining cats and cats and dogs mean? Is it really a cat? Get off the dog?

The origin of the phrase "cats and dogs" is unknown. The recorded usage first appeared in the book "Polite Conversation" written by Jonathan Swift, which was written in about 178 and was not published until 3 years later. Swift's works satirize some cliches, so, The above phrase has been used since Swift wrote the book for quite a long time.

Rosen pointed out that there is an earlier variant of this phrase, "Rain Dogs and Pole cats", ("get off the dog and chicken mink"), From Richard Boromir's "The Wonderful Tale of the City in 1652". Opinions on this origin include:

Catdoupe in archaic French means waterfall or great waterfall.

Thunderbolt works are similar to the sound of fighting between cats and dogs.

In northern mythology, cats will have an impact on the weather. In addition, Odin, the god of the storm, is cared for by dogs and wolves.

The above statements quoted by Boromi are impossible, because "Pole Cat" and "cat" are opposite in the varieties of ancient English, and it is impossible to say that it was handed down from Cat doupe. Similarly, since PoleCats are not cats, But animals like weasels or skunks. As for the meaning of the specific mysterious characteristics Polecats, it is also impossible.

There is another saying that in ancient London, FAW in Wang Yang often drowned many lost dogs and cats after a downpour. Therefore, when the rain stopped and the water retreated, dogs and cats died all over the street, as if many dogs and cats had fallen from the sky. This statement sounds like rhetoric.