rain cats and dogs

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76 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَمْطَرَ بِغَزَارَة (ʔamṭara bi-ḡazāra) — to rain very heavily
• Azerbaijani: tut ucundan, göyə çıx — to rain very heavily
• Breton: Gwelet a ran da gazh er jardin — to rain very heavily
• Bulgarian: вали́ като из ведро́ (valí kato iz vedró) — to rain very heavily
• Bulgarian: вали́ из ведро́ (valí iz vedró) — to rain very heavily
• Catalan: ploure a bots i barrals — to rain very heavily
• Chinese Cantonese: 落狗屎 (lok6 gau2 si2) — to rain very heavily
• Chinese: 㴙㴙落 (zh-min-nan) — to rain very heavily
• Chinese Mandarin: 暴雨如注 — to rain very heavily
• Chinese Mandarin: 傾盆大雨 /倾盆大雨 (qīngpéndàyǔ) — to rain very heavily
• Czech: lít jako z konve — to rain very heavily
• Czech: padat trakaře — to rain very heavily
• Dutch: pijpenstelen regenen — to rain very heavily
• Esperanto: pluvegi — to rain very heavily
• Finnish: sataa kaatamalla — to rain very heavily
• Finnish: sataa äkäisiä ämmiä äkeet selässä — to rain very heavily
• Finnish: sataa kuin saavista kaataen — to rain very heavily
• French: pleuvoir des cordes — to rain very heavily
• French: pleuvoir à verse — to rain very heavily
• French: pleuvoir des hallebardes — to rain very heavily
• French: pleuvoir à boire debout — to rain very heavily
• French: dracher — to rain very heavily
• French: pleuvoir à seaux — to rain very heavily
• Galician: arroiar — to rain very heavily
• Galician: diluviar — to rain very heavily
• Galician: chover a chuzos — to rain very heavily
• Galician: chover a cachón — to rain very heavily
• Galician: chover a Deus dar auga — to rain very heavily
• Galician: chover a caldeiros — to rain very heavily
• Georgian: კოკისპირული წვიმა (ḳoḳisṗiruli c̣vima) — to rain very heavily
• German: Bindfäden regnen — to rain very heavily
• Greek: βρέχει με το τουλούμι (vréchei me to touloúmi) — to rain very heavily
• Greek: ρίχνει καρεκλοπόδαρα (ríchnei kareklopódara) — to rain very heavily
• Greek: ρίχνει καντάρια (ríchnei kantária) — to rain very heavily
• Hungarian: zuhog, mintha dézsából öntenék — to rain very heavily
• Icelandic: rigna eldi og brennisteini — to rain very heavily
• Interlingua: pluver torrentialmente — to rain very heavily
• Irish: sceana gréasaí a chur — to rain very heavily
• Italian: piovere a catinelle — to rain very heavily
• Italian: diluviare — to rain very heavily
• Italian: scrosciare — to rain very heavily
• Italian: piovere come Dio la manda — to rain very heavily
• Japanese: 土砂降りになる (doshaburi ni naru) — to rain very heavily
• Korean: 비가 억수같이 내리다 (bi-ga eoksu-gachi naerida) — to rain very heavily
• Norwegian Bokmål: høljeregne — to rain very heavily
• Norwegian Bokmål: høljregne — to rain very heavily
• Norwegian Bokmål: regne sinte kjerringer — to rain very heavily
• Norwegian Nynorsk: høljeregne — to rain very heavily
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ausregne — to rain very heavily
• Polish: lać jak z cebra — to rain very heavily
• Portuguese: o céu vir abaixo — to rain very heavily
• Portuguese: chover a cântaros — to rain very heavily
• Portuguese: chover a potes — to rain very heavily
• Portuguese: cair um toró — to rain very heavily
• Portuguese: chover canivetes — to rain very heavily
• Portuguese: chover canivete — to rain very heavily
• Romanian: ploua cu găleata — to rain very heavily
• Russian: лить как из ведра́ (litʹ kak iz vedrá) — to rain very heavily
• Slovak: liať ako z krhly — to rain very heavily
• Spanish: llover a cántaros — to rain very heavily
• Spanish: llover a mares — to rain very heavily
• Spanish: caer chuzos de punta — to rain very heavily
• Spanish: chaparrear — to rain very heavily
• Spanish: jarrear — to rain very heavily
• Spanish: llover reciamente — to rain very heavily
• Spanish: llover copiosamente — to rain very heavily
• Spanish: diluviar — to rain very heavily
• Spanish: caer un palo de lluvia — to rain very heavily
• Spanish: caer un palo de pluvia — to rain very heavily
• Swedish: stå som spön i backen — to rain very heavily
• Turkish: bardaktan boşalırcasına yağmak — to rain very heavily
• Turkish: şakır şakır yağmur — to rain very heavily
• Ukrainian: ллє як з відра (llje jak z vidra) — to rain very heavily
• Vietnamese: (trời) mưa xối xả — to rain very heavily
• Vietnamese: (trời) mưa như trút — to rain very heavily
• Welsh: bwrw hen wragedd â ffyn — to rain very heavily