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What are congruent expressions for "rain cats and dogs" in other languages?
In Serbian language, we often use an expression „sekire padaju sa neba“ which literary means „axes fall from the sky“, but figuratively connotes bad weather. The expression has its roots in Slavic mythology.
Perun was the god of thunder and lightning. According to the myth, he had the famous ax, which, when dropped to the ground, it would cause not just a thunderstorm, but it would turn everything to the stone.
In Serbian language is often heard the sentence „Idem napolje makar i sekire padale sa neba.“ ("I'll go out even if the axes fall from the sky.") That means that any bad weather conditions will not change our plans.
2017年9月18日 19:58
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Haha, I like the Spanish "Caen pingüinos", I've never heard it before. The only Spanish one I know is "Llover a cántaros" which translates as "It's raining jugs"
2017年9月18日
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in Czech - padají trakaře (wheelbarrows are falling out of the sky)
2017年9月18日
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In Spanish, or at least in my country, we say "Caen pingüinos". Meaning, penguins are falling down, you know, southern hemisphere.
2017年9月18日
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In Italian we say "piove a catinelle" it means that the content of huge basins of water falls from the sky. It's the same expression I think like the spanish "llover a cántaras " or the French "Il pleut á seaux" or "il pleut des cordes"
2017年9月18日
There is also the expression "provala oblaka" when we talk about heavy rain and cloudburst is probably the equivalent in English. <o:p></o:p>
2017年9月20日
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