Expressions of the week
Posted on | février 15, 2009 |
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I was recently speaking to a friend about… the weather 
, which made him say: you’re English now!
So let’s start this category with this very English topic: the weather
“How to say it is raining a lot”
=>It’s pouring with rain.
=>It’s raining cats and dogs
=>It’s bucketing down (my favourite)
=>It’s raining buckets
While the 2 last expressions could be literally translated in French (Il pleut à seaux, il pleut des seaux); the second one (It’s raining cats and dogs) would sound plain weird (Il pleut des chats et chiens).
Image found on http://drpezz.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/why-cats-and-dogs/ where you can also find a possible answer about the origins of the expression: It’s raining cats and dogs.
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