http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/CatsAndDogs/gldxc/post.htm#556495Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:15:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:556495Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/CatsAndDogs/gldxc/post.htm#556495http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-556495.xmlThank you all very much!http://www.englishforums.com/English/CatsAndDogs/gldxc/post.htm#556480Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:15:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:556480Yoong Liat1http://www.englishforums.com/English/CatsAndDogs/gldxc/post.htm#556480http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-556480.xmlThanks, Tanit.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CatsAndDogs/gldxc/post.htm#556457Wed, 27 May 2009 05:15:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:556457Tanit2http://www.englishforums.com/English/CatsAndDogs/gldxc/post.htm#556457http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-556457.xmlWhy cats and dogs? I know it should be so, but how did it originate? I&#39;m curious. Hi, I&#39;m quoting only a part of a larger text that you can find here . One supposed origin is that the phrase derives from mythology. Dogs and wolves were attendants to Odin, the god of storms, and sailors associated them with rain. Witches, who often took the form of their familiars - cats, are supposed to have ridden the wind. Well, some evidence would be nice. There doesn&#39;t appear to be any to support this notion. It has also been suggested that cats and dogs were washed from roofs during heavy weather. This is a widely repeated tale. It got a new lease of life with the e-mail message &quot; Life in the 1500s &quot;, which began...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CatsAndDogs/gldxc/post.htm#556454Wed, 27 May 2009 05:15:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:556454Yoong Liat3http://www.englishforums.com/English/CatsAndDogs/gldxc/post.htm#556454http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-556454.xmlIf it&#39;s raining cats and dogs, just don&#39;t step in a poodle. Why cats and dogs? I know it should be so, but how did it originate? I&#39;m curious.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CatsAndDogs/gldxc/post.htm#556382Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:15:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:556382Goodman4http://www.englishforums.com/English/CatsAndDogs/gldxc/post.htm#556382http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-556382.xmlThe rain is coming down in buckets The rain&#39;s coming down in sheetshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/CatsAndDogs/gldxc/post.htm#556326Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:15:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:556326Philip5http://www.englishforums.com/English/CatsAndDogs/gldxc/post.htm#556326http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-556326.xmlIf it&#39;s raining cats and dogs, just don&#39;t step in a poodle.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CatsAndDogs/gldxc/post.htm#556295Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:15:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:556295Cool Breeze6http://www.englishforums.com/English/CatsAndDogs/gldxc/post.htm#556295http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-556295.xmlThey all mean pretty much the same. CBhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/CatsAndDogs/gldxc/post.htmMon, 27 Apr 2009 05:15:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:556276Anonymous7http://www.englishforums.com/English/CatsAndDogs/gldxc/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-556276.xmlHi, It&#39;s raining cats and dogs. It&#39;s raining heavily. It&#39;s raining hard. It&#39;s pouring. Do the four sentences mean the same? If not, what is their different meanings? Thank you for your help.